US working for permanent solution to Rohingya crisis
Says Bernicat while visiting Teknaf
US Ambassador Marcia Bernicat yesterday said the USA was working with the international community for a permanent solution to the Rohingya crisis.
She said this to journalists at Leda Rohingya slum after visiting authorised and unauthorised Rohingya settlements in Teknaf upazila.
Many Rohingya people have crossed the Naf River into Bangladesh and built shanties at Leda village after fleeing persecution at their home in Myanmar's Rakhine state.
Bernicat directly talked to the Rohingya women. Along with a nine-member team, she visited the persecuted community for two hours at the slum where 45,000 unregistered Rohingyas are staying.
The Rohingyas described in detail their experience of inhumane torture by the Myanmar army.
Bernicat also talked with Rohingya slum management committee president Dudu Miah and other leaders.
Saying that the Rohingyas shared with her their experience spontaneously, the ambassador expressed hope that the crisis would be solved.
She also met Cox's Bazar Deputy Commissioner Md Ali Hossain and discussed the Rohingya issue.