6,000 Rohingya Refugees Expelled from the Bangladesh Border
Thousands of Rohingyas were displaced on the border of Myanmar and Bangladesh, driven by border authorities.
Those who were stranded were ethnic Rohingyas who fled, after the military's military incursion into Rakhine State last week.
Knowing the event, the United Nations urged that Bangladesh's border authorities stop the action of disabling and allow about 6,000 ethnic minority residents to enter the country with Dhaka's Capital. Similarly, as reported by Channel News Asia, Wednesday (08/30/2017).
"Around 6,000 Burmese (Rohingyas) gathered at the border and tried to enter Bangladesh," said senior authorities of Bangladesh Border Guard Force.
The dismissal action has been carried out by Bangladesh's border authorities since a wave of Rohingyas broke out last Friday, sparked by fighting between the Myanmar military and Rohingya militants in Rakhine. The fighting killed 110 people.
In the last three days, the border authorities have allowed around 5,200 civilians who fled from Rakhine into the territory of Bangladesh. However, that number is only a portion of the total number that may reach more than tens of thousands of lives.
"How can we be silent when there is a cold baby who is about to cross," a border guard official told AFP.
About 6,000 people were driven away in a village on the border of Myanmar - Bangladesh. According to local media reports, the civilians were often under fire from armed forces.
The authorities also mentioned, the situation on the border, which is separated by the narrow gap of the Naf River, is currently still unstable.
"Last night we heard the sound of firearms from automatic rifles and smoke puffs in a village there (Myanmar)," added the authorities.
Although there were about 500 Rohingyas who successfully fled to Bangladesh, they were briefly arrested and forced to return to Myanmar by the border authorities.
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres urged Bangladesh to stop the waves of refugees from Rakhine. Attacking the wave of refugees would endanger the lives of civilians, let alone those who come in need of medical help.
Currently, there are about 400,000 Rohingyas living in refugee camps in Bangladesh. Perhaps for that reason, the central government in Dhaka stopped the influx of civilians from Myanmar.
Meanwhile, Chairman of the UN Human Rights Agency, Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, deeply regrets the situation faced by Rohingya citizens. He pointed out that mistreatment of the Myanmar government is at the root of the violence and crimes against humanity suffered by the dominant ethnic group of Muslims.