At least 13 Rohingya men with Bangladeshi passports were deported to Dhaka from Kingdom of Saudi Arabia early Tuesday.
A total of 54 Bangladeshi passport holders, including the 13 Rohingya men, arrived in Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport around 2:08am on Tuesday.
Additional Superintendent of Police Alamgir Hossain of the airport Armed Police Battalion confirmed the matter to Dhaka Tribune.
"They were held at detention centres in Saudi Arabia. Although they are Rohingyas, they have Bangladeshi passports," he added.
They were handed over to Airport police station for further actions.
"Cases will be filed against them for forgery," he added.
According to a report by Middle East Eye (MEE), a London-based news portal, Saudi Arabia has undertaken a plan to deport scores of Rohingyas held by the kingdom. The report says thousands of Rohingyas have used illegally-obtained Bangladeshi passports to travel abroad for work.
Although the government holds no data on the exact number of false passports in circulation, former Expatriates Welfare Minister Nurul Islam said in April 2018 that about 250,000 Rohingyas had gone abroad with Bangladeshi passports.
