Yanghee Lee comments on Zero Line Rohingya
End of Mission statement delivered in Dhaka 25 January, 2018
“I visited the so-called Zero Line, the area along the border where more than 4,000 Rohingya refugees live within walking distance of their houses a few miles away. A visit to this area is a lesson in Myanmar recalcitrance and highlights that authorities there are not sincere in their discussions of repatriation. Security forces on the Myanmar side of the border are engaging in an intimidation campaign, in the apparent hope of driving this group out of the Zero Line and into Bangladesh territory. This includes shooting into the air to scare the community and blaring broadcasts which state that they are not Myanmar citizens and that they should leave Myanmar territory.”