India will provide relief assistance to the Bangladesh government in order to deal with Rohingya refugees on December 24. India will send relief material to Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar.
For the very first time, India will not provide assistance to the refugees but also the local population who lives has been severely impacted by immigrant’s population and influx.
According to news reports, the Indian high commission will provide 2,00,000 woolen sweaters, 2,25,000 blankets and also 500 solar street lights as the assistance to Bangladesh.
However, Bangladesh called India to do more heavy lifting assistance on the Rohingya crisis, particularly negotiating with Myanmar.
During a conference, Sheikh Hasina said, “Both India and China are supporting Myanmar. If India helped a little more, we would have been able to address this. I have asked Myanmar to create the right conditions for the refugees to return.”
Hasina further said she had sent her foreign minister to Myanmar’s neighbours in order to seek for an agreement. Neighbours like Bangladesh, Thailand, China, Laos and India, to pressurize Myanmar to reinstate its citizens.
Hasina said, “We don’t want to quarrel with Myanmar. But we signed an agreement. They have committed to taking them back. We are discussing with the international relief organizations to see if they can facilitate their return because the refugees here don’t want to go back.”
India has recently helped Myanmar to construct 250 homes in its state Rakhine for Rohingya refugees. Bangladesh government are looking too far into future, but the large number of refugees could have a serious security and political implications in longer term.