Bangladesh moves towards relocating Rohingya refugees, UN denies involvement

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   Issan John

   Sunday, December 27, 2020 at 6:48 pm

   Genuine question as it’s not clear in this report or the original – are these Rohingya that have already fled Myanmar for Bangladesh, being relocated from somewhere in Bangladesh, as I’m guessing, or Rohingya being relocated from Myanmar?

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     Mike

     Sunday, December 27, 2020 at 11:26 pm

     If you read the article it becomes clear: “repatriating the Muslim minority group to their native country of Myanmar have failed as refugees continually say they are too scared”

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       Jon C.

       Monday, December 28, 2020 at 2:32 pm

       Trained in the art of lying by NGOs. They’re invaders, plain and simple. The exact same bio-weapon as used in countless other places. Only the Chinese have the sense to deal with them appropriately.

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   John Brown

   Monday, December 28, 2020 at 12:04 am

   The former. Despite the ambiguous first sentence, the BP article goes on to describe the specific refugees as “members of a Muslim minority who have fled Myanmar” and discusses the plan as a Bangladeshi move to ease overcrowding in camps as well as an alternative to repatriation to Rakhine. Not mentioned in the article but elsewhere was that the first batch that were moved were previously camped at Cox’s Bazaar.

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   Toby Andrews

   Monday, December 28, 2020 at 11:03 am

   This is a conflict that will not go away.
   The Burmese want these Rohingers out, and being in the majority can force them.
   It is a pity they could not have expelled them in a more humane way.
   Where is the celebrated freedom fight during all this, Aung Sann sushe Khi.
   They gave here a Nobel Prize, yet since then she shows all the signs of not wanting to offend her masters, the Burmese Army. The least she could do is resign in protest.
   It seems she has a good income, fame, and some power, and she will not sacrifice that for what is right.

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   Ameila Leary

   Monday, December 28, 2020 at 3:03 pm

   An immense refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. Many refugees from Rohingya have fled to the camp. Abuse, drug trafficking and human trafficking are rising. Hundreds of refugees have been evacuated by the Bangladeshi government and, against their wishes, have been transferred to the remote, muddy little island of Bhasan Char. Bangladesh’s Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina, has repeatedly upheld his government’s recommendations and urged the international community to accept that the deterioration in trafficking means that the camp is no longer secure or viable, as more than 1 million refugees live in Cox’s Bazar, crime, drugs and population.

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   Ameila Leary

   Monday, December 28, 2020 at 3:04 pm

   thisis ryt
   An immense refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. Many refugees from Rohingya have fled to the camp. Abuse, drug trafficking and human trafficking are rising. Hundreds of refugees have been evacuated by the Bangladeshi government and, against their wishes, have been transferred to the remote, muddy little island of Bhasan Char. Bangladesh’s Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina, has repeatedly upheld his government’s recommendations and urged the international community to accept that the deterioration in trafficking means that the camp is no longer secure or viable, as more than 1 million refugees live in Cox’s Bazar, crime, drugs and population.
   absolutely

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   Issan John

   Monday, December 28, 2020 at 3:40 pm

   Thanks, seriously sad that they’ve fled Myanmar only to become second-class Bangladeshis in Bangladesh.

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   J West

   Tuesday, December 29, 2020 at 9:37 am

   Repatriating overcrowded Bangladeshi nationals after a failed invasion of Myanmar, Thus is a Bangladesh problem not a world problem.

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