KALADAN NEWS

Dated- August 03, 2003, Sun

986 Rohingyas Returned Home in July.

Teknaf. August 03: Some 986 Rohingya Refugees of 178 families returned to Burma in July from Kutopalong and Nayapara refugee camps of Cox’s Bazar District, said our correspondent from Teknaf.

According to the refugee Commission sources, the refugees returned to Burma through Teknaf border in 10 groups under the supervision of the UNHCR.

A total of 2,35,585 Rohingyas of 47,073 families have so far returned home, while some 19,858 of 3,065 families awaiting repatriation at makeshift camps at Kutupalong of Ukhiya and Nayapara of Teknaf Upazila, according to the refugee camps in-charge.

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