MYANMAR
Tuesday, March 26, 2019
People get off a boat on Bhashan Char island off the Bangladesh coast in October 2018, as it was being prepared for the relocation of Rohingya refugees. (AFP)
By AFP
DHAKA — The United Nations said Monday it was examining how to assist Bangladesh in relocating thousands of Rohingya refugees to a remote island despite warnings it could trigger fresh humanitarian upheaval.
Dhaka says shifting 100,000 refugees to a muddy silt islet in the Bay of Bengal will take pressure off overcrowded camps along its southern border, where almost a million Rohingya Muslims live in cramped tent cities.