More pressure needed on Myanmar to take back Rohingya: Sheikh Hasina

Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that more International pressure was needed on Myanmar to take back Rohingya refugees. 

She rejected an assertion claim by the Myanmar government that it had repatriated a family of five.Hasina told an audience in London that the international community needs to put more pressure on Myanmar so that they take back their own people and ensure their security.

Speaking at a separate event in London, Britain's foreign minister Boris Johnson and Canadian counterpart Chrystia Freeland called for a meaningful investigation into reported atrocities. 

Johnson



said, the Myanmar authorities need to demonstrate that they are serious about the safety and security of the Rohingya.

Hasina said Bangladesh had submitted the names of 8,000 Rohingya families for repatriation to Myanmar, but that Myanmar had so far refused to take them back. 

Myanmar and Bangladesh agreed in January to complete a voluntary repatriation of the refugees in two years.Hasina also confirmed a plan to move 100,000 Rohingya refugees to an uninhabited low-lying island in the Bay of Bengal, dismissing fears that it would be put them at the mercy of floods.