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.
Curbs Vex Relocated Rohingya On Bangladeshi Island
Rights bodies urge Bangladesh to delay relocation to Bhasan Char until habitability study on remote island complete. 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.
The silt island located 50 kilometers (31 miles) off Bangladesh s southwestern coast and nearly 193 km (120 mi) south of the capital Dhaka, is home to 3,760 Rohingya refugees, including 306 who were rescued by the Bangladeshi Navy in May last year after being stranded on cramped boats at sea.
Rohingya Lensman: 51 eminent citizens call for release
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Fifty-one academics, human rights activists and lawyers have issued a statement demanding the release of Rohingya photographer Abul Kalam, who they claim landed in jail on Thursday for taking photos of buses departing Kutupalong for Bhasan Char.
Photographer Abul Kalam was brought to the Senior Judicial Magistrate Court in Ukhiya on Thursday with charges of impeding officers from discharging their duties during an incident that happened over seven months ago, according to court documents obtained by The Daily Star.
Organisers said Kalam was sent to Cox s Bazar Jail by a magistrate on Thursday.
Will the Rohingya be safe on a remote Bangladeshi island? Inside Story
The lives of nearly a million Rohingya who escaped Myanmar to Bangladesh are being uprooted again.
The Bangladeshi government has started moving thousands of them to a remote island that’s prone to cyclones and floods.
It is rejecting criticism from rights groups that the new camp on Bhasan Char is unsafe.
Why is there still no permanent solution to the crisis, three years after the Rohingya were forced from their homes?
Presenter: Mohammed Jamjoom
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