After reading the newspapers I am saddened to know that 100 unregistered Rohingya refugees' houses have been demolished by the authorities. Is this not against humanity because they are staying now under the open sky in rainy season which is a pathetic scene because they are human beings too. As far as I know about 12,000 unregistered Rohingya refugees illegally intruded into Bangladesh a few years ago. Actually they are political refugees because they were deprived of their fundamental rights in Myanmar and had severe restrictions imposed upon them. They have been compelled to leave their native Arakan in search of livelihood and justice or a political solution. They do not have any means of daily earning. They are passing their days in polythene sheds without adequate food and other essentials. As far as I know, they are expecting a permanent solution to their issues and then they will be back to their homeland under UN guarantee.
I feel that we, the Bangladesh people and the government, should sympathise with them and request UNHCR to register them as refugees. In Thailand there are more than two million registered and unregistered Myanmar refugees. But the Thai government is not pushing them back because the Thai government knows that they are victims.
So, finally I would like to appeal to the authorities concerned to deal sympathetically with the refugees in Bangladesh. After all, during our Liberation War we too were refugees!
I feel that we, the Bangladesh people and the government, should sympathise with them and request UNHCR to register them as refugees. In Thailand there are more than two million registered and unregistered Myanmar refugees. But the Thai government is not pushing them back because the Thai government knows that they are victims.
So, finally I would like to appeal to the authorities concerned to deal sympathetically with the refugees in Bangladesh. After all, during our Liberation War we too were refugees!
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