BSS-40 1,500 Rohingyas to be relocated in Basanchar tomorrow

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ROHINGYA-RELOCATION

1,500 Rohingyas to be relocated in Basanchar tomorrow

DHAKA, Dec 28, 2020 (BSS) – About 1,500 Rohingyas will be relocated tomorrow in Basanchar in the second phase.

Despite plans to relocate 700 Rohingyas in the second phase, about 1,500 Rohingyas have already voluntarily left Cox’s Bazar for Chattogram under the government management, according to sources at the Prime Minister’s Office.

They will leave Chattogram tomorrow for Bhasanchar by a Bangladesh Navy ship, the PMO sources said.

In the first phase, on December 4 last, 1,642 Rohingyas were relocated to Bhasanchar.

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