Rakhine Humanitarian Corridor controversy

Bangladesh providing a corridor for Rohingya refugees may influence regional power politics.

Bangladesh’s decision to provide a humanitarian corridor for the Rohingya refugees has raised controversy. Both political parties and the Army have questioned the decision of the Chief Adviser of the interim government, Muhammad Yunus, to allow the opening of a corridor without consultations. It appears that this proposal for a humanitarian corridor was mooted in New York and later when António Guterres, the UN Secretary-General, met Yunus on his visit to Dhaka in February.