POBNEWS24, Dhaka Feb 5, 2025 : The 69,000 Rohingyas who went to Saudi Arabia with Bangladeshi passports illegally obtained passports from Bangladesh and went to Saudi Arabia with those passports. However, the Saudi government later identified them as illegal. The Saudi government understood that they were Rohingya and Myanmar citizens. The Saudi government requested Bangladesh to renew their passports. But the ambassador said that even if their passports were renewed, their government would not send back those citizens.
Saudi Arabia’s Ambassador to Dhaka, Mr. Essa Yousef Essa Al Duhailan
made this statement in response to a question from journalists on Wednesday (February 5).
When asked whether the 69,000 Rohingyas in Saudi Arabia were being given Bangladeshi passports, the Saudi ambassador said that this is a very sensitive issue. They are Bangladeshi passport holders. We are in talks with the Bangladesh government to renew their passports. We will not send them back, we have only requested passport renewal for the legal process.
Saudi Arabia has gifted Bangladesh 100 tons of dates on the occasion of the upcoming month of Ramadan. On this occasion, the Saudi Embassy in Dhaka organized a program on Wednesday. The dates were handed over to the Bangladesh government representative at the program. The ambassador spoke to reporters at the same program.
Earlier, the Saudi government urged the renewal of passports of 69,000 Rohingyas who went to Saudi Arabia from Bangladesh after the country’s independence. A delegation led by the Deputy Home Minister of Saudi Arabia discussed this issue with the former Home Minister of Bangladesh in May last year.
