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Government Allows NGOs to Help the Undocumented Refugees
Teknaf, May 10: At the first time,
The
Dumdumia refugee camp is 6-kilometer off Teknaf, a border town of
It
has over 8,500 refugees of 1,100 families. At first, it was established at the
road-side of Teknaf upazila
in 2003. Later, on October 2004, it was shifted to a place near a BDR camp of Dumdumia as to avoid the trouble of local people. Besides,
the refugees who went outside the camp for works to maintain their families
always dishearten about their family members who remain in the camp because of
nearby villagers’ disturbance, he further added.
When
asked a member of the (IHA), Shafi Ullah said, “To get permission from government, we have to
try very hard. Government isn’t willing to give permission to any NGOs as it
fears that will encourage to new comers to join the present existing refugees
and also be created a new influx of refugees.
That’s why; the government earlier did not allow any NGOs to help such
refugees. The undocumented refugees never get outside helps and they managed
themselves their survival by doing works outside of the camp, such as---
laborers, rickshaw pullers, fishermen and woodcutters--- and etc.
When
asked Abdul Khalek, a refugee leader said “This is
the first time that we get aids from outside. If the government allows, we will
get more aids from other NGOs and organizations.”
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