Teknaf, Bangladesh: Continuing with its drive against infiltration, Bangladesh pushed back 40 Arakanese Rohingyas arrested from various places along the border. The push back to Burma was done by the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) on April 26, said a Teknaf source.

They were arrested from local areas and transit points in the border areas in raids by BDR personnel.

They crossed the Burma-Bangladesh border in search of work in Bangladesh as in their own land they can’t able to search jobs for movement restriction and other persecution, which compile them to flee their home land in Burma. Most Arakanese Rohingyas are oppressing and persecution with so many restrictions by ruling junta in their own country, a businessman said.

Among them, some have been living in Bangladesh for a long time, but others crossed the Burma-Bangladesh border to seek jobs in Bangladesh recently, a local from Teknaf said.

After arrest, they were pushed back to Burma through the transit point of Shapuri Dip under Teknaf by BDR personnel in the evening of the same day.

A refugee said Rohingya refugees working along the border areas are apprehensive of arrest by the Bangladesh authorities. He said arrests by Bangladesh authorities can increase in the near future.