AbdulAziz, Cox’s Bazar/ Dhaka Tribune

March9, 2022 8:13 PM

Anotherbatch of 2,950 Rohingyas will reach Bhasan Char island on Thursday, officialshave said.

Atotal of 27 buses carrying the Rohingyas left for Chittagong from the Ukhiyarefugee camp on Wednesday afternoon.

AdditionalRefugee, Relief and Rehabilitation Commissioner Md Shamsuzzaman Nayan toldreporters that the refugees were expected to reach the island on Thursdayafternoon.

OnFebruary 16, another 1,654 Rohingyas were relocated to Bhasan Char.

Sofar, around 22,000 Rohingyas have been relocated to the island in 11 phases,sources at the office of the Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commissioner said.

Bangladeshplans to relocate 100,000 Rohingyas to Bhasan Char in phases, in the face ofgrowing concerns over the extreme congestion in Cox’s Bazar camps and to avertany untoward incident. It has also been campaigning to ensure quickrepatriation of the refugees.

The country is currently hosting more than 1.1 millionRohingyas. The majority of them came to Bangladesh in August 2017, fleeingpersecution in their homeland of Rakhine state in Myanmar.