A delegation of the US Congress visited Cox's Bazar to observe the situation of Rohingya refugees. They reached Cox's Bazar Airport on Tuesday morning.

The 11-member delegation is led by US Congressman Ed Keyes of the Democratic Party and Richard McCormick of the Republican Party.

Samchu-Dauja Nayan, Additional Commissioner of Cox's Bazar Refugee Relief and Repatriation Office, said that at 9 am on Tuesday, the Congress delegation exchanged views with the representatives of various international organizations at the office of the Rohingya Asylum Seekers Inter-Sector Coordination Group in Cox's Bazar.

Officials of the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), International Organization for Migration (IOM) and various US agencies were present in the meeting.

Later, at 11:30 am, the delegation visited the Rohingya shelter camp. They observed the registration process of Rohingyas in camp number 12. He then visited the learning center at Camp No. 11, where Rohingya children and teenagers are given the opportunity to learn. They also visited the e-voucher center run by the United Nations World Food Programme.

In the afternoon, an exchange of views was organized with a delegation of the Rohingya community at the Kutupalong camp. It is said that there will be a detailed discussion about various problems of Rohingyas and their financial condition.

At the end of the tour, in the afternoon, the delegation will meet with government officials at the Refugee Relief and Repatriation Office in Cox's Bazar. A sustainable solution to the Rohingya problem and future plans to improve the situation were discussed there.

Those concerned said that the main objective of the visit of the US delegation is to observe the financial condition of the Rohingyas, their living standards and the overall situation in depth. This observation is expected to pave the way for the US administration to formulate a clear policy to solve the Rohingya problem.