550 more Rohingya relocated to Bhasan Char

As many as 550 more Rohingya people from Ukhia camps in Cox's Bazar have left for Bhasan Char in the eighth phase of relocation.

15 buses carrying the forcibly evicted Myanmar citizens left the transit point at Ukhia Degree College in two shifts to the Naval Jetty in Chattogram on Friday (December 17).

The government signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the UNHCR for refugee management in Bhasan Char.

Some 379 Rohingya people left Ukhia camps on 24 November in the seventh phase and reached Bhasan Char the next day.

The relocation process has been suspended since last April owing to inclement maritime weather in the monsoon.