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Hungry Rohingyas cry for food

Published : Sunday, 10 September, 2017 at 12:00 AM  Count : 306
Farhad Iqbal
The crowds' desperation is evident when trucks delivering relief products inside overcrowded Rohingya refugee camps in Cox's Bazar. A dire humanitarian situation is unfolding after the number fleeing violence in Myanmar reached more than 300,000. The photo was taken from Kalukhali on Saturday. photo: Observer

The crowds' desperation is evident when trucks delivering relief products inside overcrowded Rohingya refugee camps in Cox's Bazar. A dire humanitarian situation is unfolding after the number fleeing violence in Myanmar reached more than 300,000. The photo was taken from Kalukhali on Saturday. photo: Observer

Coxs Bazar, Sept 9: An overwhelming number of Rohingya Muslims now in temporary shelters are crying for relief. There is no sufficient food or water for around 300,000 Rohingyas who have crossed over to Bangladesh to escape shooting and arson attacks by Myanmar soldiers and Buddhist monks, source said.
A serious food crisis is also unfolding in the temporary shelters, where hungry Rohingyas are scrambling to besiege any relief vehicle arriving at the camps,  sources said.  
They spend the bulk of their money on smugglers-both Bangladeshi and Myanmarese-who help them cross the Naf river to reach safety.  Local police on Saturday arrested at least 57 brokers, who were collecting money from theRohingya refugees holding them hostage.
Rohingya refugees have sold their cattle for a sum of Tk 10,000 to Tk 15,000 each, which otherwise should have fetched Tk 30,000.  Moazzem Hossain a refugee  brought seven cows from his home and sold these for only Tk 8,000 at Ghumdum Bazar.
Rohingya refugees who arrived from Rathedaung said the Myanmar army and marauding Buddhist gangs had joined hands to massacre villagers and burn their houses to the ground.
Survivors claimed that the "Mogh and Chak people" - local Buddhists - joined the army in the massacre and killed at least two members from every family.
Disaster Management and Relief Minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya on Saturday said the government plans to register Rohingya refugees biometrically for security reasons.
"We are alert so that the Rohingyas cannot enter Bangladesh with any illegal substances," Maya said while talking to journalists after visiting refugee camps at Nayapara of Cox's Bazar.
Maya said they are considering the Rohingya issue on humanitarian perspective though providing shelter to them is a tough job for the government.
"We are trying our best to extend our all out humanitarian support to the Rohingya refugees by arranging shelters for them near the border areas," he added.
Claiming that Bangladesh believes in good relations with neighbouring countries including Myanmar, Maya hoped that the country will repatriate all the people who have fled to Bangladesh in the face of repression.    
Since October 25, over 300,000 Rohingya people have intruded into Bangladesh risking their lives that created a human crisis in the area, the Minister said.   
International community should come forward for the sake of Rohingya people and their children and to mount pressure on Myanmar so that it is forced to repatriate them immediately, Maya said.
Cox's Bazar  district administration on Saturday  opened a control room to monitor the relief operation for the Rohingya refugees.  
Md Ali Hossain, Deputy Commissioner of the district, told the Daily Observer the decision on opening a control room was made  at a meeting of the core committee to monitor the relief and shelter of the Rohingya refugees in Cox's Bazar.
The control room will monitor the relief operation round-the-clock from the deputy commissioner's office. Magistrates in the district will be in charge of the control room by rotation with the district relief officers, the DC also said.
The control room will enhance efficiency in collecting and distributing the relief materials among the refugees, he added. The contact number of the control room is +88 01615700900.
Around 30,0000 Rohingyas have fled an army crackdown on the militants in two weeks, a serious humanitarian crisis is also unfolding on the Myanmar side, Reuters reports quoting aid workers on Saturday.





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