Bangladesh: Relocated Rohingyas allowed to visit families in Cox's Bazar camps

DHAKA, 02 December 2021, (TON): Dhaka aims to eventually move around 100,000 refugees to ease overcrowding in cramped refugee camps near Cox's Bazar.

Dozens of Rohingya refugees sent to Bhasan Char have been allowed to visit relatives for the first time since their relocations began two years ago.

Nearly 20,000 members of the stateless Muslim minority, who fled neighbouring Myanmar in 2017 after a brutal military crackdown, have already been sent to Bhasan Char.

Dhaka aims to eventually move around 100,000 refugees to ease overcrowding in cramped refugee camps near Cox's Bazar.

Authorities allowed 68 Rohingya to leave the formerly barren island to visit their family members on the mainland.

"This is the first time Rohingya living on the island have gone to the camps to visit their relatives."

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