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| Bangladesh restricts movement of Rohingya refugees |
| 2017-09-17 |
| [Al Jazeera] Bangladesh has restricted the movement of Rohingya refugees, banning them from leaving designated areas in the country to which over 400,000 have fled from violence in neighbouring Myanmar. Police said on Saturday that they have issued an order prohibiting Rohingya refugees from leaving the areas and camps the government has designated for them in the border district. "They should stay in the designated camps until they return to their country," Sahely Ferdous, a police spokeswoman, said in a statement. She said Rohingya were also asked not to take shelter in the homes of their friends or acquaintances and locals have been asked not to rent houses to the refugees. "They cannot travel from one place to another by roads, railways or waterways," the order said, adding that bus and lorry drivers and workers have been asked not to carry the Rohingya. Police said they have set up check posts and surveillance in key transit points to make sure the refugees don't travel to the other parts of the country. The restrictions were announced as Bangladesh authorities said they faced an "unprecedented crisis" due to the influx of 409,000 refugees since last month, according to UN figures. Dozens of refugees were found in three towns hundreds of kilometres from the Myanmar frontier, stoking fears that thousands of Rohingya Moslems will move from the border region into the the mainland of Bangladesh. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 Bengali populations in that region are a given. However given Bangladesh's proclivity to export its excess population to neighbors, I suspect a lot of these people are of a more recent immigrant wave. |
| Posted by: John Frum 2017-09-17 16:53 |
| #4 what proportion are simply illegal immigrants from Bangladesh who moved into Burma a decade or so ago? Over the course of the last three centuries, according to things I've read. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2017-09-17 15:36 |
| #3 Another report said they wanted to avoid them moving in with relatives. I wonder what proportion are simply illegal immigrants from Bangladesh who moved into Burma a decade or so ago? |
| Posted by: John Frum 2017-09-17 10:31 |
| #2 Why am I reminded of "Kosovars"? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-09-17 01:16 |
| #1 Wearing out their welcome already? |
| Posted by: SteveS 2017-09-17 00:27 |