Thirty seven Arakanese Rohingya pushed back to Burma

Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh: Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) personnel arrested 37 Arakanese Rohingyas from different areas of Teknaf and pushed them into Burma yesterday, said a local from Tekanf

They were arrested by BDR personnel of Battalion 42 in raids from Dum Dum Meah and other places in Teknaf.

Among them were 25 men, 11 women and a child. They were arrested when they wanted to go to Cox’s Bazar from Teknaf, sources said.

An unofficial Arakanese Rohingya refugee from Kutupalong makeshift camp said, “We go outside for work to fight starvation, but are afraid of being arrested by the Bangladesh authorities.”

Since January 2010, many Arakanese Rohingyas including refugees were arrested in Bangladesh and pushed back to Burma and also sent to jail.

Some Arakanese Rohingya refugees died of starvation mostly children while thousands face starvation in the makeshift camp of Kutupalong camp, said a committee member from camp.

Source :http://www.kaladanpress.org/v3/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2480:thirty-seven-arakanese-rohingya-pushed-back-to-burma&catid=118:march-2010&Itemid=2

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