
Thousands of Rohingyas from Burma came to Bangladesh in 1978
and again in 1991 as refugees. They were
refugees because their condition concided with the relevant criteria laid down
by the 1951 Convention Relating to the status of Refugees and the 1976 Protocol
Relating to the status of Refugees Although Bangladesh is not a signatory to
the Convention and the Protocol, Memorandums of Understanding were signed by
the UNHCR with both the Government of Bangladesh and Burma and on the basic of
these ‘understandings’ UNHCR has taken over the situation concerning these
Rohingya refugees.
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