963 more Rohingyas relocated to Bhasan Char

Another batch of 963 Rohingyas reached Bhashan Char in the fourteenth phase today (October 17, 2022).

With this, the total number of Rohingya population at the Bhashan Char reached 30,079, said Lieutenant Hashem, in-charge of Bhasan Char Rohingya Camp.

The Rohingya men, women and children left Cox's Bazar for Bhashan Char in four naval ships and reached Bhasan Char around 5pm , he added.

After the Navy briefed them about life in Bhasan Char there, they were relocated to clusters 88, 89 and 90, said Nawsher.

Muhammad Imdadul Haque officer-in-charge of Bhasan Char police station said health workers conducted medical tests of the Rohingyas after they reached there. Later, the Rohingyas were transferred to their own clusters.

On March 29, a batch of 1,096 more Rohingyas was relocated to Bhashan Char in the thirteenth phase.

In addition, 306 Rohingyas who tried to go to Malaysia illegally by sea were rescued from the sea and taken to Bhashan Char.

Bangladesh is currently hosting over 1.1 million Rohingyas in camps in Cox's Bazar and Bhasan Char. Most of them have come to this country since August 25, 2017, when the Myanmar military launched a brutal offensive targeting the Muslim ethnic minorities.