MPs denounce 'propaganda' against plan for relocation
The parliamentary standing committee on foreign affairs ministry yesterday denounced the "propaganda" against the government's plan to relocate Rohingyas to Thengarchar near Hatiya Island in Noakhali.
The parliamentary watchdog also supported the government plan and suggested continuing its diplomatic efforts engaging international community so that Myanmar takes back its all nationals from Bangladesh.
Committee members Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali and State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam, among others, attended the meeting with lawmaker Dipu Moni in the chair, said a PID handout.
It also recommended that the foreign ministry continue its efforts at regional and international levels to resolve the Rohingya problem.
The meeting also discussed the Rohingya issue and suggested more efforts so that Myanmar takes back its nationals, including the new arrivals.
Earlier, the government stepped up its measures to effectively deal with the Rohingya issue by gradually relocating both documented and undocumented Rohingya refugees, who entered the country illegally, to Noakhali's Hatiya Island making it liveable.
Over 70,000 Myanmar nationals from its Rakhine state recently entered Bangladesh.
They are currently living in different camps -- Nayapara, Leda and Kutupalang in Teknaf and Ukhia of Cox's Bazar -- apart from other parts of the country.
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