While meeting a visiting delegation of UK Conservative Friends of Bangladesh led by Chairperson of UK All-Party Parliamentary Group at Ganabhaban on Thurdsday, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has rightly said Myanmar should take the displaced Rohingyas back as they have emerged as a big burden for Bangladesh.
Experts are of the opinion that if the Rohingya issue is left unresolved, the crisis can destabilize the county and the entire region as well. Bangladesh wants to resolve Rohingya crisis through peaceful negotiations but Myanmar is showing zero interest to take back its nationals. In such a situation, concrete intervention from international community to intensify pressure on Myanmar has become more pertinent.
The international community, which has failed so far to put adequate pressure on the military junta in Myanmar to take their citizens back, should realise the dangerous effect of prolonged internment in camps. Every day that passes increases the vulnerability of the refugees. Bangladesh expects a more vigorous role of the international community in the diplomatic front to make Myanmar take back the Rohingyas.
Bangladesh expects a more vigorous role of
the international community in diplomatic
front to compel Myanmar to take back the Rohingyas
The military rulers in Myanmar have made every possible effort to thwart repatriation. Bangladesh has done the best it can in spite of its own multifarious constraints, and it is now for the international community to do everything to help a persecuted ethnic minority return to the country they belong. In this regard, China should play prudent role by exerting its influence on Myanmar.
With the UN now throwing in its weight, the international pressure on Myanmar will be too much to ignore, and it is crucial to keep the momentum going to see a resolution to this crisis, which Bangladesh has been handling with great finesse even though our own resources are at breaking point. It has long been clear that the only way to get proper action from Myanmar’s generals and their civilian enablers is to compel it, through prosecutions of the offenders by the International Criminal Court, through sanctions, travel bans or a freeze on assets.
Considering all above it can be said that if the world community fails to resolve Rohingya crisis, a number of threats will emerge to jeopardize stability, peace and security of the entire region. Now the question is, whether or not Myanmar will move from a policy of trickling and tricking of Rohingyas rehabilitation to a more whole-hearted approach.