Dhaka, May 5 -- Highlighting the needs of the Rohingya refugees, Ambassador and Head of Delegation of the European Union to Bangladesh Michael Miller on Monday said cross-border "assistance" can only work when individuals are safe on both sides of the border and when governments agree.

"We have done cross-border assistance in other parts of the world, and it can work, but it can only work when individuals are safe on both sides of the border and when governments agree," he said while responding to a question on the definition of a corridor versus the definition of a passage at the "DCAB talk" held at Jatiya Press Club.

And those are the conditions, Ambassador Miller said, adding, "You cannot have a situation in which you try to work in ...