Myanmar's Rohingya Muslim Refugees Face Tough Time on Bangladesh Island
Published January 22nd, 2021 - 09:41 GMT
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Highlights
We were told that we would be allowed to fish, farm, and small-scale trade, but we are now under tight restrictions.
A growing discontent was visible on the face of Mohammad, who has been relocated among many of Myanmar's Rohingya Muslim refugees to a remote island in southern Bangladesh's Bay of Bengal.
Despite better living conditions on the remote island in the southern sea of Bangladesh, Mohammad says the tight restrictions were frustrating the Rohingya refugees in Bhasan Char, a Bangla-language term synonymous with floating island.