Yesterday, Bangladesh Foreign Minister (FM) assured that, the United States (US) is likely to start resettling Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh with a few numbers on Thursday.
According to FM Dr AK Abdul Momen, “In the first phase, they have listed about 62 Rohingyas … (and) among them, they are likely to take few Rohingyas on December 8.”
He made the comment after his meeting with visiting US Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration Julieta Valls Noyes at Foreign Service Academy in Dhaka. The US assistant secretary arrived in Dhaka on Saturday on a five-day official tour of Bangladesh to visit Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar and Bhashan Char.
“There is nothing to get excited (as US will take few Rohingyas) … it (the number of Rohingyas) is just a drop in the ocean,” Momen said. However, it’s a good move as the US is about to start Rohingyas [resettlement] and Washington decided to take some Rohingyas from Bangladesh every year. The government of Bangladesh wants to see better life for the Rohingyas, he added.
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