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Rohingya influx: 20 refugees found in Manikganj

Thu Sep 14, 2017 12:30 PM
Last update on: Thu Sep 14, 2017 03:57 PM

They were lost after crossing the border, police say

Star Online Report

Thu Sep 14, 2017 12:30 PM Last update on: Thu Sep 14, 2017 03:57 PM

Twenty Rohingya refugees, who entered Bangladesh to escape persecution in Myanmar, are found in Manikganj, around 450 kilometres away from Cox’s Bazar camps, as they lost their way after crossing the border looking for shelter.

Twenty Rohingya refugees are found in Manikganj, who say they got lost after they entered Bangladesh crossing the border to escape persecution in Myanmar and look for shelter. Photo: Star

Twenty Rohingya refugees, who entered Bangladesh to escape persecution in Myanmar, were found in Manikganj, around 450 kilometres away from Cox's Bazar camps.

The rescued people were lost after crossing the border and took refuge in Manikganj as they travelled through Bangladesh looking for shelter, said Mahfuzur Rahman, superintendent of police in Manikganj.

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The situation 'catastrophic'

On information, the Rohingyas were rescued from different areas in Singair upazila of the district yesterday, our Manikganj correspondent reports quoting the SP.

The rescued Rohingyas -- three men, six women, and 11 children -- have been kept at Singair Pilot High School under police custody and will be sent to Rohingya camps in Cox's Bazar tomorrow, the police official also said.

UNSC Meeting on Myanmar: Call for immediate steps to end violence

Up to 400,000 Rohingya have fled Myanmar for Bangladesh since August 25, with thousands more arriving every day, the Unicef said on Thursday.

They have arrived in Bangladesh in the face of what Bangladesh government and many others internationally called "genocide" by Myanmar's military forces in the Rakhine state.