Rohingyas to be registered biometrically: Minister

Bangladesh’s Disaster Management and Relief Minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya today spoke of registering Rohingya refugees biometrically for security purposes.

“We are alert so that the Rohingyas cannot enter Bangladesh with any illegal substances,” Maya said while talking to reporters after visiting refugee camp at Nayapara of Cox’s Bazar.

Maya said they are considering the Rohingya issue on humanitarian perspective though providing shelter to them is a tough job for the government.

“We are trying our best to extend our all out humanitarian support to the Rohingya refugees by arranging shelters for them near the bordering area,” he added.

Claiming that Bangladesh believes in good relation with neighboring countries including Myanmar, Maya hoped that the country will repatriate all the people fled Bangladesh in the face of repression.    

Abdul Matin Khasru, president of parliamentary standing committee on law, justice and parliamentary affairs, Awami League lawmakers Abdur Rahman and Ashiqur Rahman and Md Shah Kamal, secretary of the Disaster Management and Relief Ministry were accompanying the minister.

Since the August 25, over three lakh Rohingya people have so far intruded into Bangladesh taking risk on their lives that created a human crisis in the area, the minister said.   

International community should come forward for the sake Rohingya people and their children and to mount pressure on Myanmar so that it is forced to repatriate them immediately, Maya said.