{"id":6923,"date":"2017-09-14T18:51:06","date_gmt":"2017-09-14T18:51:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jeanlambertmep.org.uk\/?p=6923"},"modified":"2017-09-18T19:10:20","modified_gmt":"2017-09-18T19:10:20","slug":"jean-speaks-to-the-european-parliament-about-safeguarding-rohingya-refugees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jeanlambertmep.org.uk\/2017\/09\/14\/jean-speaks-to-the-european-parliament-about-safeguarding-rohingya-refugees\/","title":{"rendered":"Jean urges a &#8220;strong response&#8221; to the Rohingya crisis from the European Parliament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jean speaks to the European Parliament about safeguarding Rohingya refugees.\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/234375761?h=ef9b5c6264&amp;dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>14th September 2017<\/p>\n<p>Today Members of the European Parliament debated the humanitarian crisis faced by Rohingya Muslims, who are being forced to flee a military insurgency in Myanmar.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Jean Lambert, London&#8217;s Green MEP and Chair of the European Parliament&#8217;s South Asia delegation<\/strong><\/span>, told the Parliament that the crisis is &#8220;not just about Aung San Suu Kyi&#8221;. Myanmar&#8217;s generals\u00a0also\u00a0bear responsibility for these atrocities, and must be held accountable.<\/p>\n<p>Read Jean&#8217;s speech in full below:<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Thank you President, and I also speak in my capacity as Chair of the Delegation for South Asia which covers Bangladesh as one of our countries, and where in the past we visited the Rohingya camps down at Cox\u2019s Bazar. So we know this is something which has been going on for a very long time and where the European Union has been a key funder in terms of supporting the Rohingya people in Bangladesh \u2013 the refugees there. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>We gather that the EU has currently put in \u20ac3m from ECHO funding in light of the current situation and we\u2019d ask how that is actually being spent given that it\u2019s also apparently covering Myanmar. And we know as we&#8217;ve just heard, there\u2019s no access for the UN and INGOs in north Rakhine State which is something we need to push to reinstate. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>We need a UNHCR-led body down in Bangladesh. But we also need a strong response from the European Union and all its governments, and active diplomacy in the region \u2013 not least with the two big powers. Because this is something, as we say, that\u2019s ongoing. People need to be able to return home in dignity with their rights restored. And this is not something which is not just about Aung San Suu Kyi. It\u2019s about the generals and their military power too. Don\u2019t let them off the hook.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>14th September 2017 Today Members of the European Parliament debated the humanitarian crisis faced by Rohingya Muslims, who are being forced to flee a military insurgency in Myanmar. 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