There’s no magic solution: UNSC

There is no magic solution to Rohingya crisis, the visiting United Nations' Security Council delegation said today after paying a much-anticipated visit to refugee camps in Cox's Bazar.

All the 15 members of the delegation voiced commonly that it is "a severe crisis", but also underlined that "there is no magic solution to it" while briefing journalists in Ukhia upazila.

The visiting UN Security Council delegation at Kutupalong registrar camp in Ukhia, Cox's Bazar where Border Guard Bangladesh officials brief to media over Rohingya situation on April 29, 2018. Anisur Rahman/Star

Prior to the briefing, the delegation visited Kutupalong refugee camp and Tombru border in Bandarban's Naikhyangchhari to assess first-hand the plight of the refugees there.

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Then, they were taken to a briefing room where the local administration of Cox's Bazar and Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) debriefed them on the crisis Bangladesh has been handling since August last year.

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Rohingya population flocked to meet the delegation – five permanent members from China, France, Russia, UK and the US, and 10 other non-permanent members – at Kutupalong camp, wielding posters and demanding safe repatriation back to Myanmar.

A Rohingya refugee wielding an English-written poster demanding justice over the atrocities committed against them while the UN Security Council delegation was visiting Kutupalong camp, Cox's Bazar, on April 29, 2018. Photo: Anisur Rahman

According to schedule, the delegation was expected to return to a hotel for a short break before wrapping up their visit and head back to Dhaka around 3:30pm.

So far, at least 700,000 Rohingya people have fled into Myanmar since violence escalated following a military crackdown in Rakhine state back in August last year.

UN Security Council members briefing journalists. Photo: Anisur Rahman

The UN Security Council visit is held on high esteem as Bangladesh hopes it to lend out assistance towards repatriating the mass population of Rohingya refugees back to Myanmar.

Rohingya people welcome the UN Security Council delegation visited Bangladesh and demand their repatriation in Myanmar saying it that they are Rohingyas, not Bangladeshi, when the UNSC team enters the refugee Kutupalong camp in Ukhia, Cox's Bazar on April 29, 2018. Photo: Anisur Rahman/Star