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A Delegation of Muslim Minorities Committee Visits Rohingya Camps in Bangladesh

A Delegation of Muslim Minorities Committee Visits Rohingya Camps in Bangladesh

From 18 December to 22 December, 2022, H.E. Mouhamed Khouraichi Niass, the PUIC Secretary General accompanied a delegation from the Committee on Muslim Communities and Minorities of the PUIC who visited Bangladesh in order to be informed about the conditions of the Rohingya refugees, and declare solidarity with Bangladesh, which hosts, now more than 1.2 million Muslim Rohingya, who have fled because of a savage military campaign in their homeland the Rakhine State in Myanmar, in August 2017.

The Delegation was headed by Dr. Orhan Atalay, Rapporteur of the Committee of Muslim Communities and Minorities (from Turkish Parliament). The Delegation also included Dr. Abolfazle Amoui (from Iranian Parliament); Mr. Bashir Lubiga Sampa (from Ugandan Parliament); in addition to a number of other officials from the PUIC and the Parliaments concerned.

The Delegation met with the Speaker of the House of Representatives of Bangladesh, Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury. It also met with the Foreign Minister of Bangladesh Dr. AK Abdul Momen, as well as with the Minister of education Dipu Moni. The delegation also met with Mr. Johannes van der Klaauw, UNHCR Representative in Dhaka.

The Delegation visited the camps of the Rohingya refugees and listened to their legitimate requests to return to their original homeland with the guarantee of their rights and living in safety, security and dignity in their land.

2 January 2023

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