KSA tells Bangladesh
Take back 128 Rohingya with expired visas
The Wire, Dhaka :
The Saudi government has asked Bangladeshi authorities to take back 128 Rohingya, all of whom entered the oil-rich kingdom carrying Umrah visa using Bangladeshi passports.
They are now being detained in jails in Saudi Arabia, said sources in Bangladesh’s foreign affairs ministry, adding that the Saudi government has sent an official letter asking to take back those “Bangladeshi passport holders.”
The letter states: “The 128 people arrived in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia bearing Bangladeshi passports to perform Umrah, but they did not leave the Kingdom after their visas expired.”
Later, those people, after being detained, revealed that they were Rohingya and were from the refugee camps of Bangladesh, said the letter.
On November 15 last year, the Saudi interior ministry launched a plan – A Homeland without Illegal Expat – to supervise what are called “illegal labour migrants.”
The Saudi police aimed to catch immigrants with no iqama (Saudi residence permit) or with expired ones. Their ultimate aim is to scale
The Saudi government has asked Bangladeshi authorities to take back 128 Rohingya, all of whom entered the oil-rich kingdom carrying Umrah visa using Bangladeshi passports.
They are now being detained in jails in Saudi Arabia, said sources in Bangladesh’s foreign affairs ministry, adding that the Saudi government has sent an official letter asking to take back those “Bangladeshi passport holders.”
The letter states: “The 128 people arrived in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia bearing Bangladeshi passports to perform Umrah, but they did not leave the Kingdom after their visas expired.”
Later, those people, after being detained, revealed that they were Rohingya and were from the refugee camps of Bangladesh, said the letter.
On November 15 last year, the Saudi interior ministry launched a plan – A Homeland without Illegal Expat – to supervise what are called “illegal labour migrants.”
The Saudi police aimed to catch immigrants with no iqama (Saudi residence permit) or with expired ones. Their ultimate aim is to scale
