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UNGA chief Volkan Bozkir visits Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh

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Cox's Bazar, May 26 (EFE/EPA).- Rohingya refugees Wednesday urged the United Nations to put pressure on Myanmar for citizenship and safe return to their homeland a day after UN General Assembly President Volkan Bozkir arrived in Bangladesh for a two-day trip.Bozkir, the president of the 75th session of the General Assembly, visited the refugee camp in southeast Cox’s Bazar district Wednesday, deputy commissioner for refugees Mohammad Shamsuddoha said.Shamsuddoha said the UNGA president spent half an hour at the camp and met with some 30 refugees.“Rohingyas requested the UN General Assembly to put pressure (on Myanmar) about their citizenship and take steps to ensure their safe, dignified and voluntary repatriation to Myanmar,” said the officials. (Camera: TANBIRUL MIRAJ RIPON). SHOT LIST: PRESIDENT OF UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY VOLKAN BOZKIR VISITS ROHINGYA CAMPS IN COX’S BAZAR, BANGLADESH.

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