Migration of indigenous people on rise
Speakers identify repression as cause
Speakers yesterday expressed concern over the rise in the exodus of indigenous people from Bangladesh, especially the northern part of the country.
This scenario is hardly taken into account by the country's policymakers, speakers also said while addressing a programme organised by the parliamentary caucus concerning indigenous people at a hotel in the capital.
“The rise in the migration of the indigenous community has occurred as a result of increase in repression on them in recent times,” said Prof Mesbah Kamal, general secretary of Bangladesh Adivasi Adhikar Andolan and also chairman of Research and Development Collective
Some people from the administration try to refrain the community from celebrating the international indigenous people's day only because it is observed in August, the month marked with some national days of mourning, he said
Lawmaker Omar Faruque Chowdhury said, capitalising on the lack of education of indigenous people, other people often lodge false cases against them, forcing them to yield or leave their land.
Rashed Khan Menon, president of Bangladesh Workers' Party and also convenor of the caucus, presided over the programme.
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