Washington, DC, December 24, 1992.
The US Government has received credible reports indicating that Bangladesh is coercing Rohingya refugees to return to Burma and that the Government of Bangladesh is denying UNHCR [UN High Commissioner for Refugees] staff free access to the Rohingya refugee camps, thereby preventing the UNHCR from fulfilling its international mandate to protect refugees.Over the past several months, we and UNHCR have repeatedly raised this problem with the Government of Bangladesh. more>>>
