Dhaka, Apr 6: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said although Bangladesh and Myanmar have been making various efforts, including the signing of a deal, to repatriate over a million Rohingyas from Bangladesh, there has been no visible progress in this regard so far.
“We have been making various efforts, we have signed a deal, their [Myanmar’s] ministers visited Bangladesh and saw the sufferings of displaced Rohingyas, but there has been no visible progress,” she said.
The prime minister made the statement while Secretary General of Amnesty International Salil Shetty met her at her official residence Ganobahaban on Thursday.
Prime minister’s Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim briefed reporters after the meeting.
To identify them quickly and effectively, she mentioned that Bangladesh has done the biometric registration of over one million Rohingyas who entered the country amid persecution by Myanmar military.
