Rohingyas to be registered biometrically
Disaster Management and Relief Minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya yesterday said Rohingyas coming from Myanmar would be registered biometrically.
He said the participation of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and its cooperation would be there as special care was being taken so refugees could not enter the country with drugs or any other illegal things.
The minister said this while exchanging views with journalists after visiting the Nayapara Refugee Camp in Cox's Bazar.
Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Law Ministry Abdul Matin Khasru, Abdur Rahman, MP, Ashikur Rahman, MP, and Disaster Management and Relief Secretary Mohammad Shah Kamal were present.
The relief minister said the government considers giving temporary shelter to Rohingyas on humanitarian grounds although sheltering such a large population was difficult for Bangladesh.
He hoped that Myanmar would soon take its people back. He said Myanmar's Rohingyas had also entered Bangladesh before and they were illegally living in different areas of Cox's Bazar.
Referring to the fresh influx of refugees, he said the misery of these helpless people had created a humanitarian crisis. He called on international organisations and community to stand beside them and put pressure on Myanmar to take its people back to their homeland.
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