BANGLADESH SENDS FOURTH BATCH OF ROHINGYA REFUGEES TO NEW ISLAND

  • 17/02/2021

Bangladesh authorities have sent a fourth group of Rohingya refugees from Myanmar to a newly developed island in the Bay of Bengal .The roughly 2,000 Rohingya, who had been living in the sprawling refugee camps of Cox's Bazar, were sent to Bhasan Char, an island specifically developed to accommodate 100,000 of the one million Rohingya, who have fled from neighbouring Myanmar.

With Monday's group, more than 7,000 refugees have moved to the island since the process started in December.
The government has said the arrangement is good for the refugees and the island is designed to offer better living conditions. Bangladesh has said that ultimately it is up to Myanmar to take the refugees back and has called on the international community to put pressure on Myanmar's government to ensure their safe return.The refugees living in Bangladeshi camps say they are now even more fearful to go back to Myanmar.

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