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BGB Troops Came Into Bangladesh: At least 128 members of Myanmar's Border Guard Police (BGP) took refuge in Bangladesh through the Naf river near Shahporir Dwip in Teknaf of Cox's Bazar today and yesterday amid the ongoing conflict between the junta forces and rebel Arakan Army.
Amid fighting between Myanmar troops and the rebel Arakan Army on the other side of the Naf river, a small boat carrying five Rohingyas, including a woman with bullet wounds, arrived at the Shahporir Dwip jetty in Cox’s Bazar’s Teknaf yesterday evening.
YANGON: Amid continuous fighting between Myanmar troops and the armed group called Arakan Army, many residents of Rakhine State have taken shelter on small boats on the Naf river along the border.
Accepting any more Rohingyas from Myanmar will only exacerbate the huge burden that Bangladesh is already facing by sheltering more than a million Rohingyas who fled here over the decades, with the biggest being in 2017, said security and foreign policy experts.