Many thousands Rohingya rose up today to denounce living conditions on Bashan Shar Island, a muddy island hit by cyclones off Bangladesh, during a visit by a UN delegation, the APE reports.
As many as 4,000 people, according to police, took part in the protest, which erupted during a visit by UNHCR officials.
“The Rohingya (…) revolted as soon as UNHCR representatives landed on the island by helicopter today,” said Alamgir Hosain, the local police chief, adding that “their request is that they do not want to live here.”
“They broke the windows of the warehouses by throwing stones. “They attacked the police,” he continued.
A Rohingya refugee said they threw bricks and police prevented them from entering the building where the UN delegation was located.
The majority of these refugees left Myanmar in 2017 due to the army’s persecution of this Muslim minority, with the UN complaining that Burmese security forces were aiming at the “genocide” of the Rohingya.
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Since December, Bangladeshi authorities have evacuated about 18,000 refugees from camps in Cox’s Bazar on Bashan Shar Island, which is often flooded by cyclones. According to the plan of the Bangladeshi authorities, 100,000 Rohingya out of 850,000 living in miserable conditions in the makeshift camps in Cox Bazaar will be transferred to this island.
Already during the first transfer of Rohingya refugees to the island on December 4, many of them had complained that they had been beaten and threatened in order to be transferred to Bashan Sar. Human rights groups have reiterated their allegations, which have been rejected by the Bangladeshi government, which says the island is safe and the infrastructure there is better than in Cox’s Bazar.
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