Kaladan News
Dated: Saturday
August 16, 2003
17 Families Refugee
Returned Home
Teknaf, August 16: 17 families of Rohingya refugees
returned home on August13, 2003
from two existing
refugee camps Kutupalong
and Nayapara of Cox’s Bazar
District, according to our correspondent
of Teknaf.
One family of 18 families returned to their refugee
camp after sending it to transit
camp. Previously,
refugees were repatriated every day
but now refugees
were repatriated on Monday and
Wednesday of a week,
source further said.
Officials of
bank of
officials received the refugees at Kayaung Chaung
Before repatriation, the Bangladesh Government
provided to the refugees four items
of goods such as a
lamp, 2 pieces of waterproof, 2
mats per family and 72
kgs of
rice for six months per head, said a refugee to
our correspondent.
In
three items of goods and some cash,
such as one
mosquito net, some medicine and
three bags of 50 kgs
rice. As cash, they received Kyat
2,400 for traveling
allowance per family, Kyat 20,000
for construction of
house per family and other Kyat
15,000 per head,
source further added.
But, the refugees have to pay Kyat 2,000 per family to
Nasaka (Border Security Force)
authority to get
permission for construction of
house, said a
repatriated refugee.
The repatriated refugees have to go their village with
their own way and have to inform to
the village
authority after arriving there.
Then, the village
Chairman came to see the situation and provided other
necessary helps to the refugees, a
repatriated refugee
told our source. ##
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