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Bangladesh: UN engagement expected to stop Rohingyas fleeing Bhasan Char
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DHAKA, 14 October 2021, (TON): About 700 Rohingyas have tried to escape from the island, which has been a major challenge for the authorities.
According to government officials “engagement by the United Nations in the Bhasan Char operations is expected to stop the Rohingyas fleeing from the island.”
So far, nearly 700 out of 20,000 Rohingyas, who were earlier relocated from camps in Cox’s Bazar, have tried to escape from the island in the Bay of Bengal, they have told Dhaka Tribune.
They added that this has been a major challenge for the authorities.
It could not be ascertained as to how many Rohingyas had been able to make their way out of the island, but two officials from the Office of the Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commissioner (RRRC) put the figure “in hundreds”.
Based in Cox’s Bazar, the RRRC under the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief is the top government body with respect to the Rohingya crisis.
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