Dhaka, Dec 4(UNI) Bangladeshi authorities on Friday began the process of relocating thousands of Rohingya refugees to a remote island despite concerns about their safety and against their consent, rights groups claimed.
According to a BBC report about 1,600 refugees were transported on Friday towards Bhasan Char, a flood-prone island in the Bay of Bengal, which Bangladesh claimed was being carried out after getting their consent.
Bangladesh's claims run contrary to what the Rohingya refugees had told the BBC in October, that they did not want to be relocated to the island.