Speaking to Prothom Alo before leaving Teknaf, Mohammad Farooq, 40, a member of the Rohingya delegation, said, “We are going to inspect the situation in Arakan (Rakhine State). If everything goes well there, there will be no problem for all the Rohingyas to return.”
Mohammad Farooq is from Shalbagan camp in Teknaf. He is the son of Mohammad Yunus, who lives in block number one. C-4 of that camp.
Mohammad Taher, son of D Mohammad of Block B-2 (Camp 24) of Leda Camp in Teknaf, was also going to take stock of the situation in Rakhine State. Speaking to Prothom Alo at the jetty on the Nef River, he said that upon reaching Maungdaw city in Myanmar, he was not told anything about where he would be taken. But before leaving the camp, it was told by the camp in-charge that the return home would begin. But before that it has to be seen whether the situation in Rakhine State is fine or not. That’s why they are being sent.
Delegation leader Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commissioner Mohammad Mizanur Rahman refused to speak to the media present at the jetty jetty regarding the visit of the Rohingya delegation.
