Mamata Banerjee offers shelter to Bangladeshis amid escalating violence
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West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee offers shelter to Bangladeshis amid escalating violence, citing UN Resolution on refugees.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on July 21 said that in the wake of the escalating violence in Bangladesh, she would keep the doors of her State open for people in distress from the neighbouring country and offer them shelter.
Ms. Banerjee referred to the United Nations Resolution on refugees as justification for her stand over the possible humanitarian crisis that may emerge on account of the severe law and order breakdown that has gripped Bangladesh over the past few days.
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“I should not be speaking on the affairs of Bangladesh since that is a sovereign nation and whatever needs to be said on the issue is a subject matter of the Centre. But I can tell you this, if helpless people come knocking on the doors of Bengal, we will surely provide them shelter,” Ms. Banerjee said at the 'Martyrs Day' rally of the TMC in Kolkata.
“That’s because there is a United Nations Resolution to accommodate refugees in regions adjacent to those under turmoil,” the Bengal CM added while drawing an example from Assamese people who were allowed to live in Alipurduars area of north Bengal for a considerable period during the Bodo strife in the northeastern State.
Assuring all cooperation to Bengal residents whose relatives may have remained stuck on account of the escalating violence on the eastern side of the international border, she also extended assistance to Bangladeshis who came to Bengal but were facing difficulty in returning home.
Ms. Banerjee also appealed to the people of West Bengal to not get provoked over matters concerning the current situation in Bangladesh.
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