Source: Gulf Times.
Bangladesh had widely welcomed the “brothers in trouble” as it witnessed first Rohingya refugee influx in 1978, but the realities stand reversed in 2012 when the Myanmar’s ethnic minority community is not welcome despite their exposure to sectarian violence in their homeland.
This year Bangladesh has refused to welcome the fresh influx of Muslim Rohingyas in the wake the violence in the Buddhist-dominated western Myanmar’s Rakhine st
ate, saying Bangladesh is already over-burdened with some 400,000 refugees.
Bangladesh reaffirmed its stance on the Rohingya refugees on Wednesday and said it wants immediate repatriation of thousands of Rohingyas from its territory as the new envoy of the East Asian neighbour called on Foreign Minister Dipu Moni at her office in Dhaka.
“Rohingya (refugees) are your citizens and it is your concern to bring them back to their homes in Myanmar from Bangladesh,” a foreign ministry spokesman quoted her as telling Myanmar Ambassador Myo Myint Than.
Several analysts said a recent comment by Myanmar President Thein Sein apparently complicated further the situation prompting Dhaka to toughen its stance on Rohingya issue as he said refugee camps abroad or deportation was the “solution” for these Muslim ethnic minority people.
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