Another 1,774 Rohingyas from 427 families voluntarily left the crowded refugee camps in Cox's Bazar for Bhasanchar by bus on Monday. After staying in Chittagong at night, several naval ships left for Bhasanchar with them on Tuesday morning.
Additional Inspector General (IGP) of the Armed Police Battalion (APBN) Mosharraf Hossain said they were being taken to Bhasanchar from Chittagong on Tuesday morning under the supervision of the Navy. Preparations have been made to receive them. They will reach Bhasanchar by noon.
Commander M Anwarul Kabir, director of the sub-project of Bhasanchar Project (Asrayan Project-3), said the second batch of Rohingyas would reach Bhasanchar from Chittagong on Tuesday. About two thousand people have been spoken to from the RRRC office. We are also preparing to accept them in the same way.
Noakhali Deputy Commissioner (DC) Khorshed Alam Khan said 1,774 Rohingyas were taken to Chittagong by bus from Ukhia on Monday morning. They stay there at night. On Tuesday morning, they left Chittagong for Bhasanchar in a navy ship.
An official from the Office of the Commissioner for Refugees and Repatriation said Rohingyas willing to go to Bhasanchar voluntarily have been including their names in the offices of their respective camp officials since last Sunday. Now they are going to Bhasanchar.
Earlier, on December 4, 1,642 Rohingyas went to Bhasanchar from Cox's Bazar in the first phase.
According to official data, the government has implemented the Bhasanchar Asylum Project at a cost of Tk 3,095 crore from its own funds for the relocation of Rohingyas. Infrastructure has been built in 120 cluster villages suitable for one lakh Rohingyas. The Bangladesh Navy is responsible for the implementation and management of the entire housing project in Bhasanchar. There are currently 306 Rohingya living there, who returned last May after trying to reach Malaysia illegally by sea.
