September 1, 2017 - Ottawa, Canada - Global Affairs Canada
The Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Minister of Foreign Affairs, together with the Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of International Development and La Francophonie today issued the following statement on the situation in Myanmar:
“Canada strongly condemns the escalating violence – and its impact on innocent people – in northern Rakhine State and calls for calm. We urge all parties involved to exercise restraint and to ensure the safety, protection and support for civilians – including the Rohingya. The Government of Canada encourages the authorities in Myanmar to take measures to facilitate the continued delivery of humanitarian assistance and calls for the full resumption of assistance activities in a timely manner.
“Canada remains concerned about the safety of civilians crossing or trying to cross the border into Bangladesh. We recognize the additional challenges hosting refugees can place on the country's infrastructure and resources, and appreciate Bangladesh’s efforts in assisting many asylum seekers. In 2017, we have provided $1.13 million in humanitarian assistance in Bangladesh to meet the needs of conflict-affected people, including the Rohingya, in addition to the $4.5 million in assistance we are providing to vulnerable populations in Myanmar.
“Canada is encouraged by the Government of Myanmar’s commitment to carry out the recommendations contained in the final report of the Kofi Annan-led Advisory Commission on Rakhine State and looks forward to their timely implementation – in line with the principles of democracy and the rule of law.”
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Myanmar's Rohingya ethnic minority use a local boat to cross a stream after crossing over to the Bangladesh side of the border near Cox's Bazar's Dakhinpara area, Saturday, September 2, 2017. —AP
Aid officials said relief camps were reaching full capacity as thousands of Rohingya refugees continued to pour into Bangladesh on Sunday fleeing violence in western Myanmar.Some 73,000 people have crossed the border since violence erupted August 25 in Myanmar's Rakhine state, said UN High Commissioner for Refugees spokeswoman Vivian Tan.
The violence and the exodus began after Rohingya insurgents attacked Myanmar police and paramilitary posts in what they said was an effort to protect their ethnic minority from persecution by security forces in the majority Buddhist country. In response, the military unleashed what it called “clearance operations” to root out the insurgents.Another aid official said on Saturday that more than 50 refugees had arrived with bullet injuries and were moved to hospitals in Cox's Bazar, on the border with Myanmar.
A Rohingya ethnic minority from Myanmar carries an elderly woman as they alight from a local boat on which they crossed a river, after crossing over to Bangladesh. —APRefugees reaching the Bangladeshi fishing village of Shah Porir Dwip described bombs exploding near their homes and Rohingya being burned alive.
Both Myanmar's security officials and Rohingya insurgents are accusing each other of atrocities. The military has said nearly 400 people, most of them insurgents, have died in clashes.Aid workers said that large numbers of refugees required immediate medical attention as they were suffering from respiratory diseases, infection and malnutrition. The existing medical facilities in the border area were insufficient to cope up with the influx and more aid and paramedics were needed, aid workers said.“We fled to Bangladesh to save our lives,” said a man who only gave his first name, Karim. “The military and extremist Rakhine are burning us, burning us, killing us, setting our village on fire.”
He said on Saturday he paid 12,000 Bangladeshi taka, or about $150, for each of his family members to be smuggled on a wooden boat to Bangladesh after soldiers killed 110 Rohingya in their village of Kunnapara, near the coastal town of Maungdaw.“The military destroyed everything. After killing some Rohingya, the military burned their houses and shops,” he said. “We have a baby who is 8 days only, and an old woman who is 105.”Satellite imagery analysed by Human Rights Watch shows hundreds of buildings had been destroyed in at least 17 sites across Rakhine state since August 25, including some 700 structures that appeared to have been burned down in just the village of Chein Khar Li, the rights watchdog said.
The government blames the insurgents for burning their own homes and killing Buddhists in Rakhine.Longstanding tension between the Rohingya Muslims and Buddhists erupted in bloody rioting in 2012, forcing more than 100,000 Rohingya into displacement camps, where many still live.Bangladeshi police said Thursday that three boats carrying refugees had capsized in the Naf River, killing at least 26, including women and children.
The whole world condemns the brutalities of Myanmar Government on Rohingya Muslims. The humanitarian crises loom day by day in Rakhine State as state sponsored genocide is continue and UN is silent on the world humanitarian issue. There are several NGOs in Pakistan provides humanitarian and relief services to help the Myanmar refugees.
