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Fleeing Myanmar citizens waiting to enter the
Kutupalang Refugee Camp, in Cox’s Bazar,
Bangladesh. November 21, 2016. Photo:
Reuters/File
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Writ seeks
entry of Rohingyas to Bangladesh
A Supreme
Court lawyer today filed a writ petition with the High Court seeking its
directive on the government to allow fleeing Myanmar citizens to enter
Bangladesh.
Advocate
Abu Yahia Dulal filed the petition praying to open the Bangladesh-Myanmar
border temporarily so that “tortured Myanmar citizens can take shelter in
Bangladesh”.
He said in
the petition that the repressed citizens of Myanmar should be allowed to enter
into Bangladesh on humanitarian grounds.
Abu Yahia
told the reporters that the High Court may hold hearing on the writ petition
tomorrow.