Arakan News Agency
Bangladesh has sought ‘sustained and strong’ support from the European Union to resolve the Rohingya refugee issue, referring to the gross violation of human rights of the Muslim population of the Northern Arakan State in Myanmar.
Both sides also discussed the scourge of global terrorism and agreed to work closely to combat terrorism and violent extremism.
The issues came up for discussion when Law Minister Anisul Huq and State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam met Member of European Parliament (MEP) Cristian Dan Preda and European Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs, Citizenship Dimitris Avramopoulos separately at the European Parliament and European Commission respectively in Brussels on Wednesday.
At the meeting with Avramopoulos at the Commission’s Headquarters in Brussels, Bangladesh Ministers reassured the European Commission that the government is determined to do everything for repatriation of irregular Bangladeshis living anywhere in the world, said the Foreign Ministry here on Thursday.
Referring to almost 10 million strong skilled and semi-skilled expatriate Bangladeshi workers, the Law Minister firmly conveyed that Bangladesh always promotes safe, orderly and regular migration.
He informed that under no circumstances, Bangladesh will jeopardise its overseas (including EU) labour market through irregular migration.
Commissioner Avramopoulos appreciated Bangladesh’s position.
