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2,260 more Rohingyas leave for Bhasan Char in 5th phase
Staff Correspondent
3rd March, 2021 09:41:04
A total of 2,260 Rohingyas have left Cox’s Bazar for Bhasan Char in Hatiya upazila of Noakhali district as part of the government’s move to relocate some 3,500 forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals to the island in the fifth phase.
Six vessels of Bangladesh Navy carrying the Rogingyas left the Chattogram Boat Club around 10:00 am on Wednesday.
Additional Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commissioner Mohammad Shamsud Douza said that the Rohingyas who voluntarily agreed to go to Bhasan Char are being taken to the island.
Earlier on Tuesday, they were brought to Chattogram from different camps in Ukhiya and Teknaf upazilas of Cox’s Bazar.