EU envoy suggests ‘Whole of Cox’s Bazar’ approach to address Rohingya crisis
Staff Correspondent
Ambassador and Head of Delegation of the European Union to Bangladesh Michael Miller has said they all understand that the solution to the protracted Rohingya crisis is "political" and said they should work with Dhaka to promote a ‘Whole of Cox’s Bazar’ approach.
"All of us, Bangladesh, the EU and most importantly the Rohingya themselves, wish to see returns. But, conditions for safe, sustainable, voluntary and dignified return do not currently exist," he told UNB, sharing his experience of visiting the Rohingya camp in Cox's Bazar recently.
In the meantime, therefore, an "evolution" is needed in the response to allow more work on resilience, said the Ambassador.
This means, according to him, giving due consideration to allowing the construction of sturdier shelters that will make donor funding last longer, and for which there is a series of prototypes currently being tested.
"It should also mean exploring how to promote greater resilience for the refugees and opening up digital education to avoid a situation in which desperate people are vulnerable to crime, exploitation and recruitment to fight in Myanmar," Ambassador Miller said.
