Dhaka seeks strong global voice for smooth Rohingya repatriation

Ambassador of Bangladesh to the Netherlands Sheikh Mohammed Belal has called for heightened global voice for the immediate repatriation of the forcibly displaced Rohingyas from Bangladesh to their origin in Myanmar, reports UNB.

He also called for ensuring accountability of the atrocity committed against the Rohingyas in Myanmar.

The ambassador made the comments while speaking at a seminar titled "Migration Crisis: The Rhetorics and Realities, What is the Real Story?' at the International Institute of Social Studies of the Erasmus University of the Netherlands (ISS) recently.

The Association of Nigerian Students in the Netherlands in association with the ISS, embassies of Nigeria and Bangladesh in The Hague organised it, said the Embassy on Wednesday.

Ambassador Belal referred to the Bangladesh's humanitarian response to over one million Rohingyas forcibly displaced from Myanmar to Bangladesh and highlighted Prime Minister's three points placed at the 'High-level Event on the Global Compact on Refugees on September 24, 2018 in New York during the 73rd UN General Assembly to solve the protracted Rohingya crisis.