<div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar Thomas Andrews on Thursday appealed to the government of Bangladesh to “reverse its closed border policy” and demonstrate their humanitarian support for the Rohingya once again though Bangladesh is already overburdened with 1.3 million Rohingyas.</b></span><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">“Once again, Bangladesh’s generosity may be their only hope as large groups of Rohingya are forcibly displaced and move towards the border,” said US-origin UN expert.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Special Rapporteur warned however that Bangladesh does not have the capacity to meet the demands of this crisis without the emergency intervention and support of the international community.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Rations cuts, inadequate infrastructure, spiraling violence, and reported forced recruitment by Rohingya militant groups have threatened the lives and wellbeing of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, the expert observed in a statement issued from Geneva.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">He urged all States to provide an emergency infusion of funds to help rescue and support desperate families fleeing conflict and address the current conditions in the camps.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">“The choice of these States to either step up or step away from this horror could literally be a matter of life and death for countless Rohingya,” Andrews said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Thousands of innocent lives will be lost if the international community fails to respond to ominous signs of another Rohingya bloodbath in Rakhine State, the UN expert said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">“Once again, the world seems to be failing desperate people in their hour of peril while a hate-driven unnatural disaster unfolds in real time in Myanmar’s Rakhine State,” he said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd/fas</div>