The United Nations is making plans to help Bangladesh relocate thousands of Rohingya refugees to a remote island off its coast, documents seen by ...
YANGON: The United Nations is making plans to help Bangladesh relocate thousands of Rohingya refugees to a remote island off its coast, documents seen by Reuters show, a move opposed by many refugees and that some human rights experts fear could spark a new crisis.
The document, labelled as a"Concept of Operations" and dated Mar 12, outlines how the organization and its partners"may facilitate the identification, staging, forward movement, reception, and sustainment of refugees" on Bhasan Char, estimating an initial appeal for donor funding of between US$8.6 and US$19 million.
Bangladesh says it is struggling to cope with the influx and wants to start relocating thousands of refugees to the island, which it says has been secured with flood defence embankments and cyclone shelters. "As you also know if you have been to Kutapalong and the various camps in Cox's Bazar area, it is clear that there is huge congestion," said Volker Turk, Assistant High Commissioner for the UN refugee agency.
Abul Kalam, the Relief and Repatriation Commission chief based in Cox's Bazar, told Reuters preparations were"still going on" and the site was not ready.Bhasan Char, a flat and featureless island that emerged from the sea 20 years ago, has never been inhabited. A U.N. human rights investigator who visited in January said earlier this month she feared a"new crisis" if Rohingya were taken to the island.
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