Diplomats from New Delhi visit Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh

New Delhi-based diplomats of concurrently accredited countries to Bangladesh have visited a Rohingya refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar to see first-hand their plights.

Cox’s Bazar Correspondentbdnews24.com
Published : 17 Dec 2017, 05:46 PM
Updated : 17 Dec 2017, 05:46 PM

Bangladesh High Commissioner in India Syed Muazzem Ali accompanied the 15 foreign diplomats during their tour to the Kutupalong camp in Ukhia on Sunday afternoon.

Cox’s Bazar Deputy Commissioner Md Ali Hossain told bdnews24.com the diplomats first met the officials of the registered camp and then spoke to the refugees.

They also inspected activities of organisations that are providing medical services to the refugees, Ali said.

Earlier, they met officials of the district administration who provided them with data on the camp.

The ambassadors or high commissioners are of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Ethiopia, Georgia, Greece, Mauritius, Portugal, Slovenia, Ukraine, and Kenya who look after Bangladesh affairs but have no mission in Dhaka.

The foreign ministry earlier took all Dhaka-based heads of missions to Cox’s Bazar as Myanmar had denied international community access to Rakhine State after the ‘ethnic cleansing’ began on Aug 25.

Nearly one million Rohingyas are now living in Bangladesh after the fresh influx since the beginning of the latest crackdown.

Bangladesh has urged the UN Security Council to keep the Rohingya issue “alive” until a "logical conclusion" is reached over the crisis.