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The government of Saudi Arabia is pressuring 54,000 Rohingya to obtain passports from Bangladesh. These Rohingya have been living in Saudi Arabia for 30-40 years and Saudi Arabia itself took many of them. The Rohingya are also being threatened with deportation if they do not obtain their passports.
In this regard, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen said that the then King of Saudi Arabia, on his own initiative and seeing the plight of the Rohingya, took many Rohingya in the 1980s and 1990s. Many went directly. Some may have become Bangladesh. “We don’t know,” he said.
“Now they say there are 54,000 Rohingya,” he said. They say they don’t have a passport or paper. They also say that you issue them passports. We have said that those who have received passports before and if they have passport documents, we will issue new passports. But if they are not our people, we will not accept them.
When asked how Saudi Arabia asked him to issue a passport even though he was not a Bangladeshi citizen, the minister said: “It is difficult for me to do that.”
When asked if other Rohingya are being threatened with deportation if they don’t get passports, the minister said: “Some at the youth level are saying that if you don’t take them or issue passports, we are bringing so many people from their country, we will stop you “. And I’ll take a negative view of the 2.2 million people it has. These words have been told to us from the junior level. But I don’t think it will last.
He said a committee headed by the foreign secretary was investigating the matter. “But Saudi Arabia has some ambitions,” he said. They say they will not be left with any stateless person. They say do it fast. We continue the discussion. They often ask this question.
The plight of Saudi expats
The foreign minister said that many Bangladeshis have visas and Iqama to go to Saudi Arabia. But I can not go. On Wednesday (September 23) a meeting chaired by the Minister of Expatriate Welfare was held.
“Sending people to Saudi Arabia was the main topic of discussion at our meeting today,” he said. The expats demanded that if they couldn’t go now, their visas would be revoked. We asked the Saudi government on Tuesday to extend their visa for three months so that they can receive this benefit for free.
He said: ‘Saudi Airlines has given us all the permission we need so that you can go easily. Airplanes are also manufactured. The moment it lands properly, the flight will begin operating.
Asking expats to be patient, the minister said: “The Saudi government is very strict with law and order. If there is an act of lawlessness or conspiracy, they will not tolerate it.
He said: ‘They’re looking at the issues here. She is studying what is shown on television. We fear that if they see the protesters gather, they may cancel their visas or cancel their work. They are very strict about this. If they cancel, we have nothing to do. Then the expats will be the losers. Such incidents have happened before.
“After seven years, Saudi Arabia has started recruiting people again,” he said.
Read more: The fate of expats depends on Saudi Arabia
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