Humanitarian agencies criticized the plan to bring Rohingya to the island when it was first proposed in 2015. Aid workerswho spoke to Reuters said they remain seriously concerned that the silt island is vulnerable to frequent cyclones and cannot sustain livelihoods for thousands of people. (Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters) "This is a silt island that only emerged into view recently," he said. Jahid Hussain, a Rohingya refugee at Chakmakul refugee camp in Bangladesh, said he had fled Myanmar to save his life and would not risk it by living on Bhasan Char. They joined about 300,000 Rohingya already in Bangladesh, one of the world's poorest and most crowded nations, who had fled previous bouts of violence.

Source: CBC News February 22, 2018 15:11 UTC