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Bangladesh plans to move 81,000 Rohingya to island after UN deal

Bangladesh plans to move 81,000 Rohingya to island after UN deal

  • Bangladesh refugee commissioner Shah Rezwan Hayat: ‘We are aiming to relocate some 81,000 (Rohingya) to Bhashan Char by the end of February to complete the 100,000 quota’
  • Several hundred Rohingya have fled Bhashan Char only to be detained on other islands or in coastal villages
By AFP ·
More Rohingya moved to remote Bangladesh island

More Rohingya moved to remote Bangladesh island

By AFP ·
Special Bangladesh to relocate 100,000 Rohingya to ‘floating island’

Bangladesh to relocate 100,000 Rohingya to ‘floating island’

By Shehab Suman ·

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