File Photo of Myanmar Border Guard Police
Mizzima
Bangladesh is in discussions with Myanmar about returning 179 members of the Myanmar junta’s Border Guard Police (BGP)who illegally crossed into Bangladesh on Monday 11 March 2024.
The Bangladesh Foreign Minister, Hasan Mahmud, said on 12 March that the Myanmar BGP members would be repatriated, according to the Daily Star newspaper.
It said that at least 179 Myanmar BGP from Angthapaya Camp entered Bangladesh in two groups on 11 March, one in the morning and another later in the evening.
Currently, they are being held in custody at the 11 Border Guard Bangladesh Battalion in Bandarban.
People living in Bangladesh on the border near to fighting on the Myanmar side were very worried by the latest fighting after a Bangladesh citizen was injured by a stray bullet. Even though the situation, for now, is calmer in Myanmar people on the Bangladesh side of the border are still worried according to locals who spoke to the Daily Star.
Previously, on 15 February 2024, Bangladesh repatriated 330 Myanmar nationals who had illegally fled into Bangladesh from areas where the Myanmar junta was fighting with the Arakan Army (AA).
They included 302 Myanmar BGP members, four of their family members, two Myanmar soldiers, 18 people working for Myanmar immigration and four civilians, with at least 15 of them suffering from gunshot wounds. They all entered Bangladesh between 4 and 7 February 202
