Do not push back Rohingyas: ASK
A rights watchdog yesterday urged the government not to push back Rohingyas who are seeking refuge in Bangladesh since sectarian violence flared up in the Rakhine state of Myanmar.
Ain O Salish Kendra (ASK), the human rights organisation, stated that sending back Rohingyas who are travelling on trawlers braving the lashes of the sea waves in search of refuge will likely push them towards death.
Refusing to buckle under continuous international pressure to accept Myanmar refugees, Bangladesh has reiterated that there would be no trans-boundary spillover from the neighbouring country.
Quoting Human Rights Watch, a press release from ASK stated that border patrolling agencies of Bangladesh denied 148 Rohingyas fleeing Myanmar on four trawlers on Wednesday access to Bangladesh.
Bangladeshis would have faced the same fate if refuge seekers from the country were denied access by India during the 1971 Liberation War, added the press release.
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