Bangladesh is hosting a two-day conference in Cox's Bazar to focus on the persecuted Rohingya community displaced by the 2017 Myanmar military crackdown. More than a million Rohingya fled Myanmar, with thousands killed and many rendered stateless amid accusations of war crimes and genocide. Rohingya representatives have lacked direct dialogue with international bodies, Bangladesh, local communities, or Myanmar since 2017. Attendees include foreign ministers, international envoys, UN agency representatives, and senior Bangladesh officials. Delegates will visit the vast refugee camps, where 1.5 million people face dwindling aid and reduced food rations.
Two-day meeting gives a glimmer of hope for the 1.5 million Rohingya refugees forced to flee Myanmar crackdown in 2017. Bangladesh is holding a two-day conference in Cox's Bazar on the persecuted Rohingya community before a high-level conference on the Rohingya refugee crisis in September on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly. The meeting, organised by Bangladesh's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, comes eight years after more than a million Rohingya, many of whom are now stateless,
Since 2017, Rohingyas have had no direct dialogue with international bodies, the Bangladeshi government, local communities or Myanmar, said Kamal Hossain, chairman of the Forcefully Displaced Myanmar National Representative Committee, a Rohingya advocacy group. This conference is seen as a step toward solutions. Khalilur Rahman, high representative for the Rohingya issue and national security adviser of Bangladesh, opened the conference on Sunday. Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus, leader of Bangladesh's interim government, is expected to attend the meeting,
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