‘You are not alone,’ OIC delegation tells Rohingya after visiting their camps
Members of the Parliamentary Union of the OIC Member States spoke to several refugees during their visit
The delegation expressed their firm determination to help in the repatriation process of the Rohingya
DHAKA, Bangladesh: A 20-member delegation of the OIC (Organization of
Islamic Cooperation) expressed solidarity with the Rohingya refugees
when it visited them in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, on Wednesday, telling
them that they are not alone.
Nine members of the Parliamentary Union of the OIC Member States (PUIC) also joined the delegation.
“We express our solidarity with you, also show our determination that
you are not alone,” M. Jouhamed Khouraichi Niass, the OIC Parliamentary
Union (PUIC) secretary-general, told the Rohingya after visiting their
camps.
The delegation started the day-long visit by speaking to several refugee
men and women at Ghumdhum for an hour. Later, they visited a UNHCR-run
transit center in Kutupalang camp, in the Ukhia sub-district.
The delegation also witnessed a women-friendly center and a
child-friendly center in Kutupalang camp, run by the UN Population Fund
and the UN children’s fund UNICEF respectively. In all the places, the
Rohigya shared the horrible experiences and atrocities they had faced at
the hands of the army in their homeland Myanmar which forced them to
take refuge in Bangladesh.
The PUIC delegation expressed their firm determination to help in the repatriation process of the Rohingya.
“We will discuss using whole channels, diplomatic channels and bilateral
channels to help our brothers go back to their native Myanmar. This is
what which brought us here today,” said Khouraichi Niass, the chief of
the delegation.
“All the countries sent us here studying your issue. We will use all
means, legal means, to get your rights. This is why we are here today
with a big delegation from the PUIC.”
Niass expressed his strong hope that “Allah will help to succeed with a peaceful solution” for the Rohingya refugee crisis.
Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commissioner of Bangladesh, Abul Kalam,
told Arab News that in this visit the PUIC delegation had received a
clear picture about what is going on and what the refugees have
experienced back in Myanmar. “Now the PUIC will strengthen its bilateral
efforts to solve the refugee crisis since Myanmar has very good
relations with some of the OIC members and the delegation has assured us
in this regard.”
After this visit, OIC will be able to play a “more effective role” in
various diplomatic channels, said Kalam, who was part of the visiting
delegation.
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