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DHAKA (Reuters) - Bangladesh will move 2,000-3,000 more Rohingya Muslim refugees to a remote island in the Bay of Bengal this week, a navy officer said on Wednesday, despite complaints by rights groups concerned about the site’s vulnerability to storms and flooding.
FILE PHOTO: Rohingya refugees sit on wooden benches of a navy vessel on their way to the Bhasan Char island in Noakhali district, Bangladesh, December 29, 2020. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain
Bangladesh has relocated about 3,500 of the refugees from neighbouring Myanmar to Bhasan Char island since early December from border camps where a million live in ramshackle huts perched on razed hillsides.
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Published: 27 Jan 2021 07:47 PM BdST
Updated: 27 Jan 2021 09:00 PM BdST
Bangladesh will move 2,000-3,000 more Rohingya Muslim refugees to a remote island in the Bay of Bengal this week, a navy officer said on Wednesday, despite complaints by rights groups concerned about the site s vulnerability to storms and flooding. );
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Bangladesh has relocated about 3,500 of the refugees from neighbouring Myanmar to Bhasan Char island since early December from border camps where a million live in ramshackle huts perched on razed hillsides.
Bhasan Char emerged from the sea only two decades ago and is several hours by boat from the nearest port at Chittagong. The Rohingya, a minority group who fled violence in Buddhist-majority Myanmar, are not allowed to move off the island without government permission.
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.
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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.