On Saturday, the Bangladesh government had suspended activities of 41 non-government organisations from their operations at Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar due to their “involvement in malpractices”.
“We have information that more NGOs are also involved in misdeeds at camps and we will take steps against them soon,” Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen told reporters after inaugurating a medical waste management system of Sylhet City Corporation in Parairchak area of Dakshin Surma.
These are among 139 NGOs that have been operating in the camps since the Rohingya crisis started, according to Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen.
On Thursday, the NGO Affairs Bureau suspended six projects of an NGO named “ Mukti Cox’s Bazar”, for allegedly making sharp weapons for Rohingya refugees. It had earlier halted operations of six NGOs working for the refugees. These are Islamic Relief, Islamic Aid, Muslim Aid, Small Kindness Bangladesh, Bangladesh Chashi Kalyan Samity, and Nomijan Asthabi Foundation.
On 22nd August, the parliamentary standing committee on the foreign ministry recommended identification of the NGOs that were allegedly obstructing the repatriation as the second attempt to start the process terminated due to the refugees’ refusal to go back.
