UN delegation lauds Bhasan Char project
Calls for international community’s support
Photo: collected
Diplomat Correspondent
Diplomat Correspondent
A high-level UN delegation yesterday lauded the Bhasan Char project and sought international community s support to make sure that the Rohingyas live there with dignity. The Bangladesh government has made an important investment in Bhasan Char by developing the housing facility. If you compare with Cox s Bazar refugee camps, the housing facilities are much better in Bhasan Char, said UN Assistant High Commissioner for Refugees (protection) Rouf Mazou, who visited the island in Noakhali on May 31 . What needs to be done now for us and the rest of the international community is to support the government and make sure those who are in Bhasan char and those who will be coming there can live in dignity, he told reporters after meeting Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen at the state guesthouse Padma in the capital.
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Rohingya Crisis: Govt ready to address their realistic needs
Says foreign ministry a day after demo
This file photo showing the aerial view of Bhasan Char shows a portion of the housing facilities that has been built on the island to relocate the Rohingyas from Cox’s Bazar. Photo: Star/File
Diplomatic Correspondent
Diplomatic Correspondent
Bangladesh government is ready to address any realistic needs and concerns of the Rohingyas, said foreign ministry yesterday, a day after a large demonstration by the Rohingyas in Bhasan Char in presence of a UN delegation. The Rohingyas also want to return to their homeland and all including the UNHCR need to work constructively to that end. The UN is expected to assume their responsibility and operate within their mandate taking into account the ground reality and concerns of the host community, said foreign ministry in a statement.
International media and civil society orgs campaigning against Bhasan Char: Foreign ministry
An aerial view of the buildings intended for accommodating Rohingya refugees at Bhashan Char. File Photo: AFP/ Mukta Dinwiddie MacLaren Architects Star Digital Report Star Digital Report
The foreign ministry said today that a section of the international media and civil society organisations were campaigning against Bhasan Char and Rohingya relocation with distorted information misrepresenting the facts .
The ministry issued the statement a day after a large demonstration by the Rohingyas in Bhasan Char in front of a UN delegation that visited the island.
Gillian Triggs and Raouf Mazou UNHCR assistant high commissioners for protection and operations respectively yesterday visited the 100,000-capacity housing facility constructed by the Bangladesh Navy in an island on the Bay of Bengal.