Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel pushed back 11 more Rohingyas who tried to intrude into Bangladesh territory through the Teknaf border.
They were sent back to Mongdu city of Myanmar on an engine-run boat around 5:30pm on Tuesday, Lt Col Zahid Hasan, Commanding Officer of the BGB 42 Rifles Battalion, told bdnews24.com.
The 11 Rohingyas were arrested from Sabrang area of Teknaf upazila in Cox's Bazar district at 10pm on Monday. The BGB men provided them with necessary dry foods before sending them back.
The BGB officials said there was no incident of intrusion of Rohingya refugees into Bangladesh until Tuesday 7pm and the situation along the Teknaf border was returning to normalcy.
Rohingyas had been trying to intrude into Bangladesh by boats since riot broke out in Muangdaw district in coastal Rakhine state on June 8.
Hundreds of them were turned away by the BGB and Coast Guard personnel.
Meanwhile, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has been repeatedly urged Bangladesh to reconsider its position on closing the border to asylum-seekers fleeing the sectarian violence in Rakhine.
But the government has turned down the call saying the country was already burdened with more than 500,000 Rohingya refugees, who had fled their homeland more than two decades ago.
Though Bangladesh was not a signatory to any international statute on refugees, the country had been hosting a large group of refugees for years on humanitarian grounds, the government said.
They were sent back to Mongdu city of Myanmar on an engine-run boat around 5:30pm on Tuesday, Lt Col Zahid Hasan, Commanding Officer of the BGB 42 Rifles Battalion, told bdnews24.com.
The 11 Rohingyas were arrested from Sabrang area of Teknaf upazila in Cox's Bazar district at 10pm on Monday. The BGB men provided them with necessary dry foods before sending them back.
The BGB officials said there was no incident of intrusion of Rohingya refugees into Bangladesh until Tuesday 7pm and the situation along the Teknaf border was returning to normalcy.
Rohingyas had been trying to intrude into Bangladesh by boats since riot broke out in Muangdaw district in coastal Rakhine state on June 8.
Hundreds of them were turned away by the BGB and Coast Guard personnel.
Meanwhile, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has been repeatedly urged Bangladesh to reconsider its position on closing the border to asylum-seekers fleeing the sectarian violence in Rakhine.
But the government has turned down the call saying the country was already burdened with more than 500,000 Rohingya refugees, who had fled their homeland more than two decades ago.
Though Bangladesh was not a signatory to any international statute on refugees, the country had been hosting a large group of refugees for years on humanitarian grounds, the government said.
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