Rohingya Refugees on Hunger Strike, Demand Durable Solutions to their Crisis
Edited by MSA Written by Ziaur Rahman Kuala Lumpur: (RVision TV) — Hundreds of registered Rohingya refugees at Cox’s Bazaar district in Bangladesh are now in the process of a forced repatriation to Myanmar. A few families openly protested for the rightful protection under the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and against the forced repatriation until their demands – for the assurance of their rights — are fulfilled. According to an initial estimation, there are 128,000 registered Rohingya refugees of 18 camps in Cox’s Bazaar area that have been cleared from their camps by the government of Bangladesh for the forced repatriation to Myanmar expected to take place soon. In a protest against the move by the government of Bangladesh, the registered Rohingya refugees have stopped taking rations from the government, UNHCR and other agencies. On the other, the Bangladesh authorities have expelled the refugee children from the school in a retaliatory a