Mizzima-Aug 26
From 24-26 August an international three-day conference titled “Stakeholders’ Dialogue – Outcomes of the High-Level Conference on the Rohingya Situation” is being held in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, to discuss the situation of Rohingya refugees. The conference coincides with the eighth anniversary of the 2017 mass exodus of Rohingya refugees from Rakhine State. It is also said to be a preparation for a high-level meeting on the Rohingya issue scheduled to take place alongside the United Nations General Assembly on 30 September.
Bangladesh’s interim head of government, Mohammad Yunus, delivered a speech at the conference on 25 August and Mizzima was told participants will visit the Rohingya refugee camps on 26 August. Mizzima asked Prime Minister Yunus when he left the conference if he had a message to send to Myanmar. “Let’s do it together,” he responded. This is the first such conference held in Bangladesh since the change of government, and it was observed that both the Bangladesh military and some political parties also attended. According to reports, the main aim of the conference is to regain international attention on the worsening humanitarian crisis facing Rohingya refugees, intensified by cuts in donor funding. Bangladesh is currently hosting more than 1.3 million Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar and Bhasan Char. It is said that the government is working on a roadmap for their safe, voluntary, and dignified repatriation to Rakhine State in Myanmar. Read more at:
