Rohingyas continue to pour in

Hundreds of Rohingya Muslims continue to arrive in Bangladesh to escape persecution in Myanmar.

In the first four hours of the morning alone, an estimated five hundred people were recorded to have entered Cox's Bazar through the sea at Shah Pori's Dwip, our local correspondent reports.

Sources say, a coordination camp of the Bangladesh Army in Hariakali in Shah Pori's Dwip recorded five hundred people entering in the morning hours amid rain and bad weather.

Rohingya refugees assembled at the coordination camp in Hariakali Government Primary School on September 28, 2017. Photo: Anisur Rahman/ STAR

The Rohingyas were being assembled at the camp in Hariakhali Government Primary School and given emergency assistance including food and medicine.

They were being lined up to be sent to the designated Rohingya zone in Ukhia upazila's Balukhali when last reported. But as it progressed, more Rohingyas were arriving in boats.

According to the latest estimates, over 480,000 Rohingya refugees had arrived in Bangladesh since August 25 this year. Bangladesh is offering them temporary shelter.