Around 3,000 more Rohingyas, fleeing persecution in Myanmar’s Rakhine State, have gathered at the no-man’s land of Anjumanpara along the border in Ukhiya upazila on Wednesday to enter Bangladesh. Major Iqbal Ahmed, deputy captain of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB)-34 Battalion, said some 20,000 Rohingyas have been staying in Medi border point area of Myanmar for the last two days. Of them, some 3,000 Rohingyas, most of them are women and children, crossed the Naf river and entered into the no-man’s land of Anjumanpara on Wednesday evening. They later took shelter in several fish hatcheries and Anjumanpara dam area under the open sky, he added. Sultan Ahmed, a UP member of Anjumanpara Ward No 9 of Palangkhali union of Ukhiya, said some 3,000 Rohingyas took shelter in the no-man’s land of Anjumanpara on Wednesday evening.

Source: Dhaka Tribune November 02, 2017 07:07 UTC