Bangladesh to send thousands of Rohingya refugees to remote island despite criticism
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Wednesday Jan 27, 2021
Rohingya Refugees sit on wooden benches of a navy vessel on their way to the Bhasan Char island of Bangladesh on December 29, 2020. Photo: Reuters/ Mohammad Ponir Hossain
Bangladesh has decided to move more Rohingya refugees to remote island of Bhasan Char
Since early December, Bangladesh has moved more than 3,500 refugees to the remote island
The Rohingya, a minority group who fled violence in Buddhist-majority Myanmar, are not allowed to move off the island without government permission
Even after criticism from the United Nations and other human rights organisations from around the world, Bangladesh has decided to relocate 2,000to 3,000 more Rohingya refugees from neighbouring Myanmar to the remote island of Bhasan Char island.
Bangladesh to move 2,000-3,000 more Rohingya refugees to remote island despite criticism
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Bangladesh to send thousands of Rohingya refugees to remote island despite criticism
By
Wednesday Jan 27, 2021
Rohingya Refugees sit on wooden benches of a navy vessel on their way to the Bhasan Char island of Bangladesh on December 29, 2020. Photo: Reuters/ Mohammad Ponir Hossain
Bangladesh has decided to move more Rohingya refugees to remote island of Bhasan Char
Since early December, Bangladesh has moved more than 3,500 refugees to the remote island
The Rohingya, a minority group who fled violence in Buddhist-majority Myanmar, are not allowed to move off the island without government permission
Even after criticism from the United Nations and other human rights organisations from around the world, Bangladesh has decided to relocate 2,000to 3,000 more Rohingya refugees from neighbouring Myanmar to the remote island of Bhasan Char island.
Bangladesh to move more Rohingya refugees to remote island Al Jazeera English © Rohingyas are seen on a ship as they are moved to Bhasan Char island [Reuters] The Rohingya, a minority group who fled violence in Buddhist-majority Myanmar, are not allowed to leave the island without government permission [File: Reuters]
Bangladesh will move up to 3,000 more Rohingya Muslim refugees to a remote island in the Bay of Bengal this week despite complaints by rights groups concerned about the island’s vulnerability to storms and flooding.
Bangladesh has relocated about 3,500 Rohingya refugees from neighbouring Myanmar to Bhasan Char island since early December. They were previously sheltering in border camps where a million live in ramshackle huts perched on razed hillsides.
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