Based on an official announcement by TBS News.
Civil society leaders and humanitarian experts have called for strengthened protections for the Rohingya community in Bangladesh, including access to higher education, income-generating activities, travel passes, bank accounts, and prefabricated shelter construction.
The COAST Foundation and Cox's Bazar CSO-NGO Forum organised an international seminar at the Asia-Pacific Regional Humanitarian Partnership Week 2024 in Bangkok to address the urgent need for supporting Rohingya communities until their safe and voluntary repatriation to Myanmar occurs. The event featured over 100 participants from across the Asia-Pacific region.
Rezaul Karim Chowdhury, executive director of COAST Foundation, moderated the seminar titled "Rohingya Community Rights and Mobilizing Civil Society in the Asia-Pacific for a Durable Solution." Keynote speaker Md Iqbal Uddin, joint director-MEAL and Research at COAST Foundation, emphasised that Myanmar's 1982 citizenship revocation created the root cause of the crisis, and cautioned that the World Bank's loan to Bangladesh for Rohingya and host community response sets a concerning precedent for humanitarian efforts.
Source: TBS News (https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/civil-society-calls-strengthened-rohingya-support-ahead-repatriation-1016141)
