Mount international pressure: Rushanara

Expressing concern over the Rohingya crisis, visiting UK prime minister's trade envoy Rushanara Ali MP stressed mounting international pressure on Myanmar army to solve the problem.

“Though Myanmar is a democratic country, its army has control over the government. Defence, border are fully under their control, so it is needed to create pressure on them to resolve the issue,” said Rushanara Ali while speaking at a press briefing at a hotel in Sylhet on Thursday night.

“The global community expressed sympathy to Bangladesh for sheltering Rohingyas in Bangladesh,” she said.

Terming the Myanmar crisis “man-made” disaster, she urged the media persons to be vocal to prevent the crisis.

Replying to a question over shifting the British Visa Centre from Bangladesh, Rushanara said, “The visa centre is being shifted as part of the state policy and it will have no impact on visa issuance.”