Bangladesh shifting Rohingyas to Bhasan Char island that lacks basic facilities, reveal satellite images
4 years ago

Bangladesh shifting Rohingyas to Bhasan Char island that lacks basic facilities, reveal satellite images

India Today  

Amid concerns being raised about safety and consent of refugees, Bangladesh has begun moving Rohingya families from refugee camps near Ukhia in Cox's Bazar district of Bangladesh to Bhasan Char - an island formed from a build-up of silt in the Bay of Bengal only 20 years ago. Opposing Bangladesh's move to relocate thousands of Rohingya refugees to Bhasan Char, humanitarian and human rights groups said the island is flood-prone and vulnerable to frequent cyclones. Bangladesh said transporting refugees to Bhasan Char will ease chronic overcrowding in its camps at Cox's Bazar, which are home to more than one million Rohingya, members of a Muslim minority who have fled neighbouring Myanmar in 2017 following a military-led crackdown. REMOTE ISLAND Located about 160 km as the crow flies from the main camps at Ukhia and Teknaf, the remote island of Bhasan Char was selected in October 2017 for keeping the Rohingya refugees and the preparations began by end of 2017.

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More support for Rohingya on Bangladesh island: UN refugee chief
2 years, 6 months ago

More support for Rohingya on Bangladesh island: UN refugee chief

Al Jazeera  

The UN refugee agency chief has agreed to boost support to Rohingya refugees relocated to a remote and flood-prone island in Bangladesh, despite concerns people were moved there against their will. Bangladesh aims to eventually relocate around 100,000 Rohingya refugees to the previously uninhabited Bhashan Char to ease overcrowding in the sprawling network of refugee camps near Cox’s Bazar. “I …

Bangladesh begins moving Rohingya to remote island amid criticism
3 years ago

Bangladesh begins moving Rohingya to remote island amid criticism

Al Jazeera  

More than 2,000 Rohingya are set to be transferred to Bhashan Char island in the Bay of Bengal, amid claims of forced relocations. Bangladesh has resumed moving Rohingya refugees to a remote and flood-prone island in the Bay of Bengal, despite criticism from human rights and aid groups who claim some have been relocated against their will. Deputy refugee commissioner …

UN, Bangladesh sign deal to aid Rohingya relocated to island
3 years, 2 months ago

UN, Bangladesh sign deal to aid Rohingya relocated to island

Al Jazeera  

Authorities said another 81,000 refugees would be relocated to the remote Bhasan Char island over next three months. After Saturday’s agreement, authorities said another 81,000 refugees would be relocated to the island over the next three months. In a statement, the UN high commissioner for refugees said the agreement was a further expression of Bangladesh’s “generosity and support toward the …

Bangladesh signs U.N. deal to help Rohingya refugees on island
3 years, 2 months ago

Bangladesh signs U.N. deal to help Rohingya refugees on island

The Hindu  

U.N. officials signed a deal with Bangladesh on Saturday to help provide basic services to thousands of Rohingya Muslim refugees who have been moved to camps on a remote island in the Bay of Bengal. The Bangladeshi government has moved nearly 19,000 Rohingya refugees to Bhasan Char island from border camps despite protests by some refugees and opposition from rights …

Bangladesh plans to move 81,000 Rohingya to island after UN deal: officials
3 years, 2 months ago

Bangladesh plans to move 81,000 Rohingya to island after UN deal: officials

The Hindu  

Bangladesh wants to send more than 80,000 Rohingya refugees to a remote island in the Bay of Bengal after sealing an agreement for the United Nations to provide help, officials said on Friday. Some 19,000 of the Muslim refugees from Myanmar have been already relocated from crowded camps on the mainland to Bhashan Char island, despite doubts raised by aid …

Four years on, Rohingya stuck in Bangladesh camps yearn for home
3 years, 3 months ago

Four years on, Rohingya stuck in Bangladesh camps yearn for home

Al Jazeera  

Four years after 750,000 Rohingya fled brutal Myanmar military offensive, many see no hope of returning to their homeland. Meenakshi Ganguly, South Asia director of Human Rights Watch, told Al Jazeera that the relocation of Rohingya refugees to Bhashan Char is evidence that the Bangladesh government recognises that the “conditions for safe repatriation simply don’t exist currently”. “If the government …

Dozens of Rohingya refugees missing as boat sinks off Bangladesh
3 years, 4 months ago

Dozens of Rohingya refugees missing as boat sinks off Bangladesh

Al Jazeera  

At least 27 missing after boat sinks during an attempt to escape Bangladeshi island camp criticised by rights groups. At least 27 Rohingya refugees have been missing after their boat sank during an attempt to escape a Bangladeshi island camp criticised by human rights groups, officials said. Police said the small fishing boat sank with 41 Rohingya on board after …

Diarrhoea kills at least 4 Rohingya on remote Bangladesh island
3 years, 6 months ago

Diarrhoea kills at least 4 Rohingya on remote Bangladesh island

Al Jazeera  

Officials claim to have contained outbreak which infected 1,500 refugees – nearly 10 percent of those shifted to Bhashan Char. Bangladesh officials say they have contained a diarrhoea outbreak that has killed four Rohingya refugees and infected 1,500 others, alarming rights groups and the United Nations about conditions on the island camp. “We have also imparted quick health education to …

Bangladesh: Is Bhasan Char a ‘prison island’ for the Rohingya?
3 years, 6 months ago

Bangladesh: Is Bhasan Char a ‘prison island’ for the Rohingya?

Al Jazeera  

On Tuesday, June 15 at 19:30GMT: Concerns are mounting about the fate of some 20,000 Rohingya refugees who have been relocated to a remote island 60km off the coast of Bangladesh in recent months. To help ease crowding there, government officials aim to move 100,000 refugees from the mainland into the $350 million Bhasan Char development. “Putting unwilling refugees on …

Amid hunger and poor sanitation, fear of cyclones exacerbate plight of Rohingya refugees on Bangladesh island
3 years, 6 months ago

Amid hunger and poor sanitation, fear of cyclones exacerbate plight of Rohingya refugees on Bangladesh island

Firstpost  

The island is between Sandwip and Hatia islands, close to the small town of Bhola – all infamous names in the history of cyclones. By Saleh Noman Around 18,500 Rohingya refugees on Bhashan Char heaved a sigh of relief as Cyclone Yaas veered in the Bay of Bengal and hit the Odisha-West Bengal coast on 26 May. The Bangladeshi government …

Rohingya on Bangladesh island feel trapped, fear monsoons: HRW
3 years, 6 months ago

Rohingya on Bangladesh island feel trapped, fear monsoons: HRW

Al Jazeera  

Human Rights Watch interviews 167 refugees and says they were moved ‘without full, informed consent’ and prevented from returning to the mainland. Rohingya refugees moved to a Bangladesh island fear they will be exposed to terrible conditions during the upcoming monsoon season, and are struggling with “inadequate” health and education facilities, a Human Rights Watch report said. “They are not …

Rohingya protest against living conditions on Bangladesh island
3 years, 6 months ago

Rohingya protest against living conditions on Bangladesh island

Al Jazeera  

Police say 4,000 refugees demonstrated when senior UN officials arrived on remote Bhasan Char island to visit the settlement. Several thousand Rohingya refugees have staged “unruly” protests against living conditions on a cyclone-prone island off Bangladesh where they were moved from vast camps on the mainland, police said. Since December, Bangladesh has shifted 18,000 out of a planned 100,000 refugees …

UN team visits remote Bangladesh island where Rohingya relocated
3 years, 9 months ago

UN team visits remote Bangladesh island where Rohingya relocated

Al Jazeera  

Delegation on three-day visit to Bhasan Char island in Bay of Bengal where Bangladesh moved more than 13,000 refugees. A United Nations delegation is on a three-day visit starting Wednesday to a remote Bay of Bengal island where Bangladesh has moved more than 13,000 Rohingya Muslim refugees since December despite criticism from rights groups. “This initial three-day visit will bring …

Bangladesh to move more Rohingya Muslims to remote island, despite outcry
3 years, 10 months ago

Bangladesh to move more Rohingya Muslims to remote island, despite outcry

Live Mint  

Bangladesh is moving 3,000-4,000 more Rohingya Muslim refugees to a remote Bay of Bengal island over the next two days, two officials said on Sunday, despite concerns about the risk of storms and floods lashing the site. Dhaka has relocated around 7,000 to Bhasan Char island since early December from border camps in neighbouring Buddhist-majority Myanmar, where more than a …

Photos: A day on Bhasan Char, Bangladesh’s remote island for Rohingya
3 years, 11 months ago

Photos: A day on Bhasan Char, Bangladesh’s remote island for Rohingya

Hindustan Times  

Photos: A day on Bhasan Char, Bangladesh’s remote island for Rohingya Carrying poultry and sacks of belongings, a second group of about 1,800 Rohingya refugees were transported by Bangladesh from cramped refugee camps on the mainland to the low-lying Bhasan Char island despite opposition from rights groups. Bangladesh says it has spent more than $350 million of its own money …

Bangladesh sends second group of 1,804 Rohingya to Bhasanchar
3 years, 11 months ago

Bangladesh sends second group of 1,804 Rohingya to Bhasanchar

India Today  

Officials in Bangladesh sent a second group of 1,804 Rohingya refugees to an isolated island in the Bay of Bengal on Monday. A total of 3,446 Rohingyas were taken to the new camp in two phases, informed Hatia Upazila Executive Officer Emran Hossain. Rohingyas who wanted to go to Bhasanchar from all the 36 camps beside the main camp started …

Bangladesh moves nearly 2,000 Rohingya refugees to remote island
3 years, 11 months ago

Bangladesh moves nearly 2,000 Rohingya refugees to remote island

Al Jazeera  

Second group of 1,800 Rohingya refugees sent to Bhasan Char island amid concerns many of them have been coerced. Four Bangladesh navy ships carrying at least 1,800 Rohingya refugees on Tuesday left the Chattogram port for Bhashan Char island in the Bay of Bengal, amid concerns many of the persecuted refugees were coerced into relocating to the flood-prone island. To …

Bangladesh to ship new group of Rohingya refugees to remote island
3 years, 11 months ago

Bangladesh to ship new group of Rohingya refugees to remote island

Live Mint  

Bangladesh will move a second group of Rohingya refugees to a low-lying island in the Bay of Bengal on Tuesday, officials said, despite calls by rights groups to stop the relocation on safety grounds. More than 1,100 Rohingya refugees, members of a Muslim minority who have fled Myanmar, will be moved from a refugee camp near the Myanmar border to …

Second group of Rohingyas to be relocated to Bhasan char
3 years, 11 months ago

Second group of Rohingyas to be relocated to Bhasan char

India Today  

A total of 1,776 more Rohingyas are moving to Bhasan Char in the second phase from camps of Cox's Bazar in Bangladesh. Only those who have expressed their interest in going voluntarily are being taken to Bhasan Char, government sources said In a statement, Bangladesh Prime Minister's Office press wing said despite plans to relocate 700 Rohingyas in the second …

Watch | To where is Bangladesh relocating Rohingya refugees?
4 years ago

Watch | To where is Bangladesh relocating Rohingya refugees?

The Hindu  

In early December this year, Bangladesh transported more than 1,600 Rohingya refugees to a low-lying island called Bhashan Char. A United Nations human rights investigator had requested Bangladesh to allow a safety assessment of Bhashan Char. Bangladesh argues that the Bhashan Char islet will provide a safer place for the Rohingya refugees. Amnesty International said Bangladesh must “drop” its plans …

The Hindu Explains | Why are human rights agencies concerned about Bangladesh relocating Rohingya refugees?
4 years ago

The Hindu Explains | Why are human rights agencies concerned about Bangladesh relocating Rohingya refugees?

The Hindu  

The story so far: On December 10, agencies reported that a United Nations human rights investigator had requested Bangladesh to allow a safety assessment of the remote islet of Bhashan Char, where the government had shipped 1,600-odd Rohingya refugees. The Bangladesh government has earmarked around 1,350 acres for the Rohingya refugees, of which 432 acres is dedicated to their rehabilitation …

UN expert wants scrutiny of conditions at Bhasan Char
4 years ago

UN expert wants scrutiny of conditions at Bhasan Char

Al Jazeera  

An estimated 1,642 Rohingya were moved to the flood-prone island in the Bay of Bengal before the UN could assess the safety of the refugees. A United Nations human rights expert has called for an independent assessment on the conditions at Bhasan Char, the remote island in Bangladesh where more than a thousand Rohingya were taken earlier this month, as …

Bangladesh is sending Rohingya to their new home Bhasan Char in Bay of Bengal
4 years ago

Bangladesh is sending Rohingya to their new home Bhasan Char in Bay of Bengal

India Today  

More than eight lakh Rohingya are estimated to be living in the camps of Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh after they fled an army crackdown in the Rakhine province of Myanmar in 2016. Now, Bangladesh has found a new home for Rohingya refugees Bhasan Char, a newly formed island made of delta sediments in the Bay of Bengal. Reports have it …

Bangladesh begins relocating Rohingya refugees to island despite rights concerns
4 years ago

Bangladesh begins relocating Rohingya refugees to island despite rights concerns

India TV News  

Authorities in Bangladesh have begun relocating thousands of Rohingya refugees to an isolated island despite calls by human rights groups for a halt to the process, officials said Thursday. The United Nations has also voiced concern that refugees be allowed to make a “free and informed decision” about whether to relocate to the island in the Bay of Bengal. On …

Bangladesh relocates over 1,600 Rohingya refugees to Bhasan Char island
4 years ago

Bangladesh relocates over 1,600 Rohingya refugees to Bhasan Char island

India Today  

Seven ships of the Bangladesh Navy, which departed from Chittagong Patenga jetties carrying the first batch of Rohingya refugees, arrived at Bhasan Char Island on Friday. In August 2017, around 7.5 lakh Rohingya Refugees had fled to escape from torture by the Myanmar Army and took Shelter at Coxbazar, Bangladesh. Around 11 lakh Rohingya refugees are living since then in …

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