Question 12248 — foreign policy

Summary

Mr. Christophe Arend draws the attention of the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs to the violence committed against the Rohingya community in Burma. A year after the exodus of the Rohingya populations, 700,000 of whom are refugees in Bangladesh, their repatriation has not started. While an agreement between the UNHCR, the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and Burma was signed to repatriate Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh, two months later, there is still no access for international observers on the ground to allow them to assess the situation and organize returns. The Burmese government is blocking any action by the UN, despite sanctions from the European Union (asset freeze and travel ban on European territory) and the United States. The French President had also condemned “ethnic cleansing” these violence against one of the most persecuted minorities in the world according to the UN. Faced with this situation, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) called on the international community to increase its aid to these oppressed people. Following the appeal from the UNHCR and due to the humanitarian emergency, he asks it to indicate France's position and the measures the Government intends to take to put an end to these violence.

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