On Thursday, Japanese Ambassador to Bangladesh Ito Naoki assured that Japan is trying its best to work closely with the international community including ASEAN for a safe, voluntary, dignified and sustainable repatriation of Rohingyas in Myanmar.
He also said it is “vital to consider third-country resettlement” parallel to the repatriation of the Rohingyas to their place of origin in Myanmar.
The Ambassador added, “Accepting refugees through third-country resettlement is one of the permanent solutions. It is a way to share the burden of the refugee crisis among the international community.”
Naoki made these remarks in a seminar on ‘Rohingya Crisis: the Pathways to Repatriation’ organised by Dhaka University, Center of Genocide Studies at Sugandha State Guest House along with Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen, Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen, Special Envoy of the United Nations Secretary General on Myanmar Noeleen Heyzer, Dutch Ambassador to Bangladesh Anne van Leeuwen and Refugee Coordinator of the Embassy of United States of America Rowe Mackenzie.
Japan has agreed to open a program to accept refugees from Myanmar through third-country resettlement as the first country in Asia in December, 2008.
So far, 200 people approximately 54 families including Rohingya were resettled through this scheme, said the Ambassador.
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