Bangladesh PM to seek global help on Rohingya crisis

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said it would construct 500 temporary latrines, while the UN High Commissioner for Refugees has plans for 8,000 more.

On Sept 12, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina visited a Rohingya camp in Kutupalong, where she hugged refugees and lamented the deaths of women and children.

“We want peace; we want good relations with our neighbouring countries. But we can’t tolerate and accept any injustice.”

Hasina is scheduled to attend the UN General Assembly in New York on Thursday, where she is expected to ask for help from the international community to tackle the situation.

Aung San Suu Kyi, leader of Myanmar’s civilian administration, announced she would skip the meeting. Suu Kyi, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, has been criticised for defending the Myanmar military’s crackdown and for staying silent about the plight of the Rohingya.

Hasina has urged Myanmar to take back the Rohingya who have fled to Bangladesh, much as Myanmar did during some earlier waves of displacement. Much smaller populations of Hindus, Buddhists and animists from Rakhine state in western Myanmar have also been displaced.

On Friday, the Bangladesh government lodged a formal complaint with Myanmar about alleged violations of Bangladesh airspace by Myanmar military aircraft and drones. Myanmar dismissed a similar airspace protest this month.

The Bangladesh government has also been holding two Myanmar photographers covering the Rohingya crisis for a German magazine.

The two, Minzayar Oo and Hkun Lat, are accused of entering the country under false pretenses on tourist visas. The Bangladeshi authorities have suggested that the two may be spies, a charge denied by their lawyers and families. NYT