Omani camp for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh opened

Energy Saturday 18/August/2018 21:18 PM
By: Times News Service
Omani camp for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh opened

Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh: The Omani camp for Rohingya refugees in Dhaka was opened by Ta’aib bin Salem Al Alawi, the Plenipotentiary Minister, Head of the Sultanate’s Embassy Mission in Dhaka, in the presence of a number of officials.
The camp, of which 107 out of 1,000 houses and accessories, have been completed, is part of the programme of charitable assistance sponsored by the Omani Charitable Organisation and with the support of the Sultanate’s government.
During the opening ceremony, Taib bin Salem Al Alawi met with Mohammed Abul Kalam, Head of Refugees, Relief, and Deportation Committee in Bangladeshi government and Kevin Allen, Head of operations of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Cox’s Bazar who praised the Sultanate’s efforts to rescue the Rohingya refugee families from the risk of landslides and heavy rains, particularly in
those areas.
Head of the Sultanate’s Embassy Mission in Dhaka, hailed the efforts of the Bangladeshi government in serving the refugees.
He also praised the United Nations staff for refugee affairs.
He toured the camp where he met with the beneficiary families and announced that that the Sultanate will present Eid sacrifice to the refugees on the occasion of Eid Al Adha.