Bangladeshi Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen says many countries had substantially increased the number of Rohingya refugees they had taken, and he would like to see Australia take more people in.
abc.net.au/news/bangladesh-calls-for-australia-to-take-more-rohingyas-myanmar/101958390The Foreign Minister of Bangladesh is pressing Australia to take more Rohingyas languishing in camps as officials from across the region gather in Adelaide to discuss people smuggling and the growing number of refugees dying at sea.
Human rights groups are demanding that officials and politicians kickstart a new regional response to the latest wave of Rohingya refugees. "If they can do it, why not Australia? Australia is relatively more resourceful, so I think it's high time Australia come forward and resettle some more of those distressed people," he said."Australia has the capacity, it has the resources — there's only a need for a political mindset. And if they have that mindset they can help us."
"We have provided substantial additional humanitarian assistance to Myanmar and Bangladesh since 2017 — I think it is over $350 million since that time," she said."And after we came to government in our first budget I announced $135 million as a contribution to both Myanmar and Bangladesh for the current financial year in recognition of what is occurring."
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