Bangladesh Foreign Ministry has expressed concern that thousands of Rohingya women and children, who fled to Bangladesh's bordering areas and were planning to enter the country as fresh
violence erupted in in Myanmar on Sunday.
The situation became horrific from Sunday afternoon when Myanmar's government said it has evacuated at least 4,000 non-Muslim villagers amid ongoing clashes in northwestern Rakhine state, international media reports thousands more Rohingya Muslims sought to flee across the border to Bangladesh on Sunday.
"Please save us," a simple word is now became a slogan in bordering areas of Naf river, infants cried-women can't speak they want to stay here or else they'll get killed." quoting a Rakhaine woman a local TV channel said.
"A massive crackdown may be occurred at anytime," they told.
Bangladesh border guard officials said they were providing food and water to the Rohingyas but it will not allow them to enter here although more than 10,000 Rohingya people had entered refugee camps in Teknaf and Ukhiya, according to our correspondents.
"Bangladesh will present a situation paper to the UN session in September on Myanmar issue and urge the international body to implement the Anan Commission Report by the Myanmar government," a senior official of the Foreign Ministry told the Daily Observer on Sunday.
He said Rohingyas have been fleeing Myanmar to Bangladesh since the early 1990s and there are now more than 400,000 in the country, where they are a source of tension between the two nations, unfortunately Myanmar government is not addressing the issue in proper manner which is giving us a huge financial-social and political burden.
According to our local correspondent at the no man's land near Bangladesh's Gumdhum village, hundreds of Rohingya women with children were sitting to get a chance for entry into Bangladesh.
The death toll from the violence that erupted on Friday with coordinated attacks by Rohingya insurgents has climbed to 98, including some 80 insurgents and 12 members of the security forces, the government said.
Bracing for more violence, thousands of Rohingya - mostly women and children were trying to forge the Naf River separating Myanmar and Bangladesh and the land border. Reuters reporters at the border could hear gunfire from the Myanmar side on Sunday, which triggered a rush of Rohingya towards the no man's land between the countries.
"Bangladesh has taken note of renewed clashes after the attacks on the Myanmar Border Guard Police posts in the Rakhine State on August 25, 2017 and on Saturday it discuss the situation with the Myanmar's envoy in Dhaka; however, all these things are going on diplomatic track which is correct and at the same time our BGB is giving them food and cloth now this is the time of international community to raise voice against Myanmar's government activity in Rakhaine State," former ambassador Mohammad Jamir told the Observer.