a 8-a legislatură Baroness Nosheena MOBARIK

. – I voted in favour of this resolution on the Situation of the Rohingya People because the gravity of the persecution and atrocities towards the Rohingyas in Myanmar necessitates strong condemnations by the European Parliament. We need to increase pressure on international actors to intervene assertively.
The Myanmar authorities must immediately cease the killings, harassment, and destruction of the homes and livelihoods of the Rohingya people. The duty of governments is duty to protect, without discrimination, all its people from abuses.
We need credible assurances from the Myanmar authorities that repatriated Rohingyas will not be persecuted or forced into segregated camps.
It is crucial the Myanmar authorities grant unhindered access to Rahkine State to international aid agencies and to end the segregation of the Rohingya population.
I call on the EU and its Member States to adopt targeted punitive sanctions against the individuals responsible for this persecution and extend the scope of the existing arms embargo on Myanmar.
Finally, ASEAN governments have to continue to take action and need to increase pressure on the Myanmar authorities. We should also encourage China to use its power in the region to bring about a peaceful resolution to this barbarism.