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Govt not taking Rohingyas to Bhasan Char forcibly : FM

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Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen said the government is not relocating any Rohingya to Bhasan Char forcibly but that they are going there voluntarily.

“We are not taking any Rohingya to Bhasan Char forcibly. We are taking those who are willing to go. They are going to Bhasan Char voluntarily,” he told reporters.

The foreign minister reiterated that they will not take anyone to Bhasan Char forcibly. “We maintain this position.”

On UN’s concerns over such relocation, Dr Momen said the government will be happy if the UN shares their fears and concerns with Myanmar, from where Rohingyas fled a brutal military crackdown in 2017.

The foreign minister said the government does not want people to get killed in Cox’s Bazar camps due to landslides and give Rohingyas better facilities in Bhasan Char.

Repatriation attempts fell through twice in November 2018 and August 2019 amid Rohingyas’ lack of trust in the Myanmar government.

Bangladesh and Myanmar signed the repatriation deal on November 23, 2017.

On January 16, 2018, Bangladesh and Myanmar signed a document on “Physical Arrangement”, which was supposed to facilitate the return of Rohingyas to their homeland.