The problem of Rohingya refugees will remain for India and other countries unless they return to Myanmar, said Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) Director General Shafeenul Islam.
DG Islam was said on Friday, who was in Guwahati for the five-day meeting with his Border Security Force (BSF) counterpart Rakesh Asthana.
Islam said that Rohingya Muslims are not only found in India, they are found across the world including countries like Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia.
“The Rohingya Muslim refugee problem would be solved when they would go back to their country, Myanmar, at the earliest otherwise the problem would remain for India and other countries,” he said.
“We are regularly nabbing the Rohingyas at the border, escaping from the Cox’s Bazar camps. There are Rohingya settlements as well. They also have UNHCR cards. They always try to get inside… To meet their relatives in the Bangladesh camps,” Islam said.
Asthana said that Rohingya Muslims are being occasionally caught in different parts of the country by the state security forces.
“Both BSF and BGB are committed to stop their infiltration and exfiltration and we are taking action not only against the Rohingyas, but also against all illegal trespassers,” the BSF chief said.
In the Border Coordination Conference (BCC) BSF chief Asthana led the 12-member delegation while the 11-member BGB team was headed by Islam.
The DG level meeting or the BCC between the BSF and BGB was held first time outside the national capital.
Rohingyas from refugee camps in southeastern Bangladesh often enter into the northeastern states of India illegally in search of jobs or get trapped in human trafficking.
According to the security officials, at least 35 Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar, including women and children, have been detained in the past one month for illegally entering into Northeast India.
