Bangladesh can't accommodate anymore Rohingyas: Foreign adviser

Rohingya refugees gather in the rain to demand safe return to Myanmar's Rakhine state as they mark the seventh anniversary of their mass exodus at their refugee camp at Kutupalong in Bangladesh on Aug. 25, 2024. - AP

DHAKA: Dhaka reiterated on Sunday (Sept 8) that it cannot accommodate any new influx of Rohingyas, urging countries and organisations recommending further intake to share the burden themselves, according to Bangladesh state media.

"We have made it clear to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) that it is not possible for us to take in more Rohingyas," Foreign Adviser Md Touhid Hossain told reporters at the foreign ministry here on Sunday, reported Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS).