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2260 Rohingyas on way to Bhasanchar

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Published: 11:05, 3 March 2021   Update: 11:20, 3 March 2021
2260 Rohingyas on way to Bhasanchar

In fifth phase, 2260 more Rohingyas are going to Bhasanchar, an island around 37 miles off the coast of Bay of Bengal under Hatiya upazila of Noakhali.

A naval official said six naval ships carrying Rohingyas left Patenga in Chattogram at 10.00am on Wednesday and they will reach Bhasanchar around 12.00pm.

Earlier on Tuesday, they reached Chattogram from Cox's Bazar, where they have been staying since 2017. They stayed overnight at BF base Zahur in Chattogram.

An official said the Rohingyas, who are willing to go there, are being taken. The navy has taken all necessary steps to take the Rohingyas to Bhasanchar.

The Navy has prepared the Tk 3,100 crore housing project, funded with public money, after some 750,000 Rohingyas fled a brutal military campaign in Myanmar's Rakhine state and took shelter in Cox's Bazar in the months following August 2017.

They joined some 300,000 other Rohingyas, who had fled previous waves of violence in Rakhine.

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