Myanmar neighbours should open up more: Bangladesh

Bangladesh today said other countries neighbouring Myanmar should open up more to Rohingya refugees as it alone cannot cope with the problem.

"Other neighbouring countries—China, India and Malaysia should also allow Rohingya refugees from Myanmar. Bangladesh alone cannot cope with the problem," said Bangladesh High Commissioner to India Muazzem Ali, our New Delhi correspondent reports.

The envoy said this in reply to a question after the screening of a documentary made by leading rights activist Shahriar Kabir in New Delhi today.

He said Bangladesh has not closed its door to Rohingya refugees but put certain restrictions on their coming adding Bangladesh has been facing the Rohingya issue since 1978.

Ali also said that the solution of this problem lies in the hands of Myanmar government which should treat them as their own citizens.

"The problem with the Myanmar government is that it has never treated Rohingyas as its own citizen like 21 other ethnic groups of that country," he observed.