Bangladesh navy ships take 1,804 Rohingya to isolated island Seven Bangladesh navy ships carrying more than 1,800 Rohingya refugees have arrived at an isolated island where they will be relocated despite concerns among human rights groups about their safetyDHAKA, Bangladesh -- Seven Bangladesh navy ships carrying 1,804 Rohingya refugees arrived Tuesday at an isolated island where they will be relocated despite concerns among human rights groups about their safety. But several human rights and activist groups say some were forced to go. It was the second group of Rohingya refugees transferred from crowded, squalid camps in Cox's Bazar district to the island. It was regularly submerged by monsoon rains but now has flood protection embankments, houses, hospitals and mosques built at a cost of more than $112 million by the Bangladesh navy. Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have urged the government to cancel the plan.

Source: ABC News December 29, 2020 08:26 UTC