Bangladesh sends more Rohingyas to remote island in 5th phase of relocation
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Dhaka, Mar 3 (efe-epa).- Bangladeshi authorities on Wednesday began transferring over 2,200 Rohingya refugees to a remote island in the Bay of Bengal in the fifth phase of their relocation from congested camps in Cox’s Bazar in the southeast of the country.
The group will join over 10,000 Rohingyas that have already been sent to island during the first four phases of the program, according to officials.
“Today we are relocating over 2,200 refugees to Bhasan Char. They are traveling in two batches. We will transfer another group tomorrow (Thursday),” Bangladesh’s Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commissioner Shah Rezwan Hayat told EFE.