Rohingya survivors face a new indignity: banishment to a half-sunken island

ဖော်ပြချက်/အကြောင်းအရာ: 

"The Rohingya Muslims have been driven out of their homeland along the coast of Myanmar and into Bangladesh through army purges that United Nations officials call “genocidal.” Now the Rohingya may be pushed even farther from home: banished to a remote island off the coast of Bangladesh. There are nearly 1 million Rohingya refugees living in squalid camps in Bangladesh, one of the world’s most crowded nations. Officials there are planning to relocate many of them to this tiny island as soon as next year. The island is out in the middle of the Bay of Bengal — about three hours off of mainland Bangledesh — and it's mostly composed of silt. It's been created naturally over the past 20 years but even 50 years ago, you couldn't find it on a map..."

Creator/author: 

Patrick Winn

ရင်းမြစ်: 

Channel NewsAsia

Date of Publication: 

2018-12-05

Date of entry: 

2018-12-06

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အကြောင်းအရာ/အမျိုးအစား: 

Countries: 

Bangladesh, Myanmar

Language: 

English

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