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Publish date: Tuesday 08 January 2019
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Saudi Arabia deports dozens of Rohingya to Bangladesh: MEE

  • Saudi Arabia deports dozens of Rohingya to Bangladesh: MEE
Rohingya

Dozens of Rohingya are being deported from Saudi Arabia to Bangladesh, despite being from neighbouring Myanmar.

In video footage sent to the Middle East Eye website on Sunday, men are seen lined up for deportation at the Shumaisi detention centre in Jeddah.

Some Rohingya were also put in handcuffs after they attempted to resist their deportation to Bangladesh, according to voice notes sent to MEE.

The Rohingya man who filmed the footage said that the men who have been locked up in a Saudi detention centre for up to six years were being deported.

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"I've been here for the last five to six years, now they are sending me to Bangladesh. Please pray for me," the man in the video said.

Another recording sent to MEE recounted the events that led up to Sunday's forcible removal.

"They came to our cells in the middle of the night at 12pm [midnight] (9:00pm GMT), telling us to pack our bags and get ready for Bangladesh," a Rohingya detainee, who wished to remain anonymous, told MEE.

"Now I am in handcuffs and being taken to a country I'm not from - I am Rohingya, not Bangladeshi."

Many of them reportedly entered Saudi Arabia on pilgrimage visas but overstayed to work.

Some detainees locked up in Shumaisi told MEE they had lived in Saudi Arabia their whole life and had been sent to the detention centre after Saudi police found them with no papers.

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