Bangladesh sends more Rohingya refugees to new island

Rohingya refugees headed to the Bhasan Char island prepare to board navy vessels from the south eastern port city of Chattogram, Bangladesh. Picture: AP

Bangladesh authorities have sent a fourth group of Rohingya refugees from Myanmar to a newly developed island in the Bay of Bengal despite calls by human rights groups for a halt to the process.

The roughly 2,000 Rohingya had been living in the sprawling refugee camps of Cox’s Bazar.