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Arakanese Refugees Face Security Concern

August 29, 2010

ARAKANLAND

Unban Arakanese refugees in Bangladesh is facing security concern of enforcement agencies of Bangladesh.

They had been checked the in front of the Buddhist Temple by Bangladesh security personal at 5 pm on Sunday, August 22, 2010 when they returned from Buddhist Monastery. A security personal asked to them too many questions and suspected them as foreigners who live in illegally in Bangladesh. During the questioning, they called to UNHCR office in Cox's Bazar, where could help something to solve the case. They have no answer.

But security officer said that they must come to their office at 10 am on Monday 23, 2010. The next day, they went there and they called again UNHCR office. At that time security authority told them UNHCR officer had gone to outside and you must come to our office again whenever we need and we will call you.

This is question for unban refugees are in deep of concern their future and they have sent a letter to UNHCR as Request to protect for their security. In Bangladesh, Arakanese refugees are suffered by the local office of UNHCR as discriminations regardless UNHCR's principles based in humanitarian ground.


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