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.
The United Nations and Bangladesh’s government have signed an agreement to work together to help Rohingya refugees on an island in the Bay of Bengal where thousands have been relocated from crammed camps near the Myanmar border.
More than 19,000 Rohingya have already been moved to Bhasan Char island by the government, and the UN said one of the key reasons to sign the agreement was to start serving that population.
Bangladesh plans to relocate 100,000 Rohingya to the island in phases from the crowded refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar district.
UN health agency says its decision is ‘based on the rising number and continuing geographic spread of cases.’
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