2018年CRI UN Security Council members visit Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh

 

A delegation¹ of UN Security Council members are now in Bangladesh to assess for themselves the Rohingya refugee situation.

The visit comes after the world body earlier in the month said Myanmar is not ready to receive returning refugees, despite Myanmar's pledge that it will do its best to repatriate² the refugees.

The UN Security Council delegation is scheduled to visit the capital Dhaka and refugee camps in the south of Bangladesh. They will then cross over into Myanmar on Monday.

More than one million Rohingya refugees from Myanmar are currently believed to be in Bangladesh.

Some 670,000 of them arrived following deadly attacks by Rohingya militants³ on security posts in August last year. The attacks were reportedly met with severe retribution by Myanmar government forces and militia⁴.

Bangladesh is providing humanitarian⁵ aid to the Rohingya refugees.

But the United Nations is warning that its Joint⁶ Response Plan for the Rohingya Humanitarian Crisis has only received nine percent of the funding it needs. More than 950 million U.S. dollars is still required to meet the needs of some 1.3 million people.

Ursula Mueller, the U.N.'s Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, said in early April that conditions in Myanmar are not conducive⁷ to the refugee return, citing a lack of factors including health care and basic protection for their safety.

The warning comes despite the efforts being made in Myanmar to allow the refugees to return to the country's Rakhine State, the region most seriously affected⁸ by the violence last August.

Two reception centers have been built to receive returnees arriving either by road, or by boat.

"Staff members from the reception center will first check their identities, and then give them special cards that provide them with temporary citizenship⁹. The refugees will then undergo health checkups including vaccinations¹⁰, and receive daily necessities. After living in the shelters at the reception center for a couple of days, they will move to a transfer camp," says Phyo Wai Than, who is in charge of the reception center set up to receive refugees arriving by boat.

The transfer camp consists of 625 houses and will house an estimated 30,000 refugees.

"The construction work of the transfer camp will be completed by the end of May. Currently, there are no refugees living here, and we will further improve the facilities. But the basic conditions to shelter the refugees are already available," says Tin Soe, an engineer who took part in the construction of the transfer camp.

The refugees receiving temporary citizenship cards will reportedly get their official citizenship in five months.

"In 2015, I applied¹¹ for and received the temporary citizenship card. The relevant authorities also gave me the documents I needed for an ID card with official citizenship. My parents and grandparents who live in Myanmar have those documents as well. I believe that as long as the documents are complete, you can successfully receive official citizenship," says Elfda Alumba, a refugee who has returned to the Rakhine State.

Authorities have begun to reconstruct the villages destroyed by the violence. They are also reportedly working to improve the local infrastructure¹², and create jobs for the returning refugees.

1 delegation   

n.代表团；派遣

参考例句：

• The statement of our delegation was singularly appropriate to the occasion.我们代表团的声明非常适合时宜。
• We shall inform you of the date of the delegation's arrival.我们将把代表团到达的日期通知你。

2 repatriate   

v.遣返；返回；n.被遣返回国者

参考例句：

• The government safely repatriates victims.政府安全遣返了受害者。
• In this part,you need to formulate in detail repatriate the plan.在这一部分，你需要制定详细的归国计划。

3 militants   

激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
• Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。

4 militia   

n.民兵，民兵组织

参考例句：

• First came the PLA men,then the people's militia.人民解放军走在前面，其次是民兵。
• There's a building guarded by the local militia at the corner of the street.街道拐角处有一幢由当地民兵团守卫的大楼。

5 humanitarian   

n.人道主义者，博爱者，基督凡人论者

参考例句：

• She has many humanitarian interests and contributes a lot to them.她拥有很多慈善事业，并作了很大的贡献。
• The British government has now suspended humanitarian aid to the area.英国政府现已暂停对这一地区的人道主义援助。

6 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

7 conducive   

adj.有益的，有助的

参考例句：

• This is a more conducive atmosphere for studying.这样的氛围更有利于学习。
• Exercise is conducive to good health.体育锻炼有助于增强体质。

8 affected   

adj.不自然的，假装的

参考例句：

• She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
• His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。

9 citizenship   

n.市民权，公民权，国民的义务(身份)

参考例句：

• He was born in Sweden,but he doesn't have Swedish citizenship.他在瑞典出生，但没有瑞典公民身分。
• Ten years later,she chose to take Australian citizenship.十年后，她选择了澳大利亚国籍。

10 vaccinations   

n.种痘，接种( vaccination的名词复数 )；牛痘疤

参考例句：

• Vaccinations ensure one against diseases. 接种疫苗可以预防疾病。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• I read some publicity about vaccinations while waiting my turn at the doctor's. 在医生那儿候诊时，我读了一些关于接种疫苗的宣传。 来自《简明英汉词典》

11 applied   

adj.应用的；v.应用，适用

参考例句：

• She plans to take a course in applied linguistics.她打算学习应用语言学课程。
• This cream is best applied to the face at night.这种乳霜最好晚上擦脸用。

12 infrastructure   

n.下部构造，下部组织，基础结构，基础设施

参考例句：

• We should step up the development of infrastructure for research.加强科学基础设施建设。
• We should strengthen cultural infrastructure and boost various types of popular culture.加强文化基础设施建设，发展各类群众文化。