The Bangladeshi government has said that it plans to move 100,000 Rohingya to Bhasan Char, which means “floating island” in Bengali. In the Rohingya refugee camps, which are spread out near Bangladesh’s border with Myanmar, some residents said that people destined for the isolated island had displayed mixed emotions. Another camp leader, Entetullah, said that one family from his camp block was among those heading to Bhasan Char on Friday. Survivors were taken to Bhasan Char and have been forced to live there since. But refugees already on the island have described living in shared barracks with barely enough space to stretch out.

Source: bd News24 December 05, 2020 08:35 UTC