Bangladeshi authorities has arrested more than 313 Rohingyas from different areas of the Bangladesh border this month alone, according to a local named Hashim.
“The concerned authorities of Bangladesh arrested Rohingyas people in different raids. Some were caught entering Bangladesh and others were arrested while they were going to Cox’s Bazar from Teknaf and refugee camps for work. Some were deported back to Burma and others are in jail.”
According to various sources, a combined force made up of police, Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and even the coast guard nabbed them at Shapuridip, Teknaf, Dumdum Meah, Taungbro and Whykong, a BGB check post.
Many Rohingya Muslims are trying to trying to seek refuge in Bangladesh to escape persecution in Burma. They face daily harassment and human rights abuses that include murder by the Burmese government and the Rakhine population.
There is no security for Rohingyas in Arakan state so they have no option but to flee their homeland by boat, said one student who recently crossed the Burma-Bangladesh border.
The BGB deported 19 Rohingyas to Burma from the Cox’s Bazar border on June 20, according to official sources.
“We have no security in Arakan, Burma and Bangladesh, where are we supposed to go?”
a Rohingya elder told the Kaladanpress.
