Cox's Bazar - 10 November 2008: - According to an EC member of Arakanese Refugees Affair Committee - ARAC, Mr. Bazalar Rahman- Social Counselor of RCSU ( UNHCR, Dhaka branch side) and members of ARAC have held a meeting at Sun Moon hotel in Cox'sBazar.
Meeting was start around the 11: 30 AM. And they have discussed like surrounding sides, survival, children educational, health, resettlement, etc. upon the facing difficulties of Arakanese (Burmese citizenship) urban refugees.
According to mentioned member of ARAC, participated members of ARAC were as following:
1. U Pho Hla
2. Ko Pray Thein
3. Ko Khine Soe
4. U San Mra Aung
5. And Ko Aung Zaw Khine
Member of ARAC said, meeting was cordially and frankly end around 3 PM. And he has continued that they can hope from this meeting as a first step, and in coming January, they are going to meet with protection officer of UNHCR.
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Some detail result of meeting was as a following:
Consultantation of UNHCR's side were;
1) Firstly UNHCR would like to appreciate to have discussed with committee members.
2) UNHCR will go on co-operate with ARAC committee in order to solve urban refugees' facing problems.
3) UNHCR hope that ARAC committee will come forward and work together with them.
4) To study in International schools for the urban refugees' children, UNHCR will not be able to allow urban refugees' children, due to the lack of budget financial.
5) UNHCR hope the committee will sit a meeting and make comment on UNHCR's statement laid out recently for the urban refugees and submit it after 10 days of published.
6) Before finalizing any policy upon the Arakanese (Burmese citizen) urban refugees, UNHCR would try to negotiate with committee.
7) Social Counselor will report to UNHCR that to take interview for new asylum seekers in Cox'sbazar because of the have no money to go to Dhaka.
8) Despiting one time project, UNHCR will consider to provide loan for the refugees who like to stand on own feet. But project must go through the recommendation of the committee that mean UNHCR hope that committee will also work with UNHCR during giving loan to a refugee, as a part of taking responsibility.
10) UNHCR will try to develop loan giving program by the consultation with committee.
11) UNHCR will give continuous of SA to those who are involve in the list they have drawn are
1.Female family (who has had no husband) 2.Elderly woman
3.Woman who is suffering from Cronical disease 4.Single woman
12) Mr. Jelvas Musau, protection Officer of UNHCR will meet with the committee in coming January 2009.
13) Any newly recognized refugee will get three to six months of Subsistence Allowance. After giving SA to that refugee he or she will be given project.
Arakan Refugees' Affair Committee (ARAC)'s demands are as follow.
1) As health is most essential part a human's life we request your honor to consider emergency patient in Cox'sbazar.
2) We request to pay salary within first week of every month for refugees who are entitled to pay salary.
3) Committee has requested UNHCR to interview new asylum seekers in Cox'sbazar, UNHCR branch office for those who cannot go to Dhaka UNHCR for facing with financial difficulty.
4) Monks should be given permanently SA like in the UNHCR decision numbers 11 . Because in our religion monks cannot dwelt like people. A monk cannot sing, kill a life, wander like a man, enjoy and listen song, marry. It will be no use of providing lump sum or self-reliance to stand on own feet.
5) Only they had to flee from home land for tyranny rule of military junta. But Bangladesh Buddhist temples do not let them stay in the temple. So they have no way except living under the shelter of UNHCR.
6) According to previous experience, given lump sum plan have failed for small invest, lack of cooperate from local people, lack of vocational training and lack of language skill.
7) Support for newly bourn our generation without ignoring even for their facing health problems.
8)Even for own citizenships are being bulled by local miscreants, so not need to say for us upon the alien refugees.
9) On the other hand, it is to inform you that Anti-Burmese activities are increasing in Bangladesh. We feel insecure surviving in this country.
10) Our over all claim is either for the continuous giving of Subsistance Allowance. If it were not provided we pray to make us resettle in third country, etc were members of ARAC have demanded, he said.
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