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184 Rohingya have left the heavily populated Rohingya camp at Ukhia Teknaf in Cox’s Bazar for Bhasanchar. At around 11 a.m. on Monday, they boarded a bus from the Ukhia College grounds to Bhasanchar. On Tuesday morning, they were supposed to arrive from Chittagong on a naval ship. This is the second group of Rohingya on the road to Bhasanchar. Earlier, on December 4, 1642, the Rohingya arrived at Bhasanchar in the first phase.
When visiting the Ukhia College grounds on Monday, it was seen that Rohingya families from different camps in Ukhia and Teknaf who were interested in settling in Bhasanchar gathered on the Ukhia College grounds. They were picked up on the bus within the security cordon of the forces of order. The bus bound for Bhasanchar left Ukhia at 11am on Monday. Meanwhile, Rohingya heading to Bhasanchar greeted locals and journalists with smiles on their faces.
Mohammad Islam from the Jamtali Rohingya camp in Ukhia said that everyone who went to Bhasanchar in the first phase was impressed by the environment there. They now live comfortably there. Hearing the news of their well-being in Bhasanchar, other Rohingya in the camp are also interested in going there.
He added that the Rohingya who went to Bhasanchar in the first phase were initially a bit scared and anxious. But this time there is a happy mood among the Rohingya who have gone to Bhasanchar. They are willingly leaving the hustle and bustle of the camp and heading for Bhasanchar.
Abul Hashem, a boatman at Rohingya Shibir No. 23 in Shamlapur, Teknaf, said the Rohingya had answered the government’s call and were preparing to voluntarily move to Bhasan Char. Many of them have gone to the transit point at the scheduled time and are taking the government administration buses.
Kamal Hossain from Teknaf Shamlapur Rohingya camp, who departed for Bhasanchar, said he did not like the hustle and bustle. At first, many people were afraid to go to Bhasanchar, but he was scared when he found out about those who had gone before us. As I was leaving, I asked the relatives of the campers to come to Bhasanchar. Today, Monday, 110 people leave our camp for Bhasanchar.
Humaira Begum, a Rohingya woman from Rohingya Camp No. 16 in Kutupalong, Ukhia, said: “I have decided to go to Bhasanchar with six members of my family.” Previously, our relatives who visited Bhasanchar said that Bhasanchar is much safer than Ukhia Teknaf camp. The houses there, everything to eat and drink is better than here. So I decided to go to Bhasanchar in response to his call.
In August 2016, millions of Rohingya fled the country to Bangladesh in the face of genocide and oppression by the Myanmar military. The fleeing Rohingya were housed in the Ukhia and Teknaf Hills. The number of Rohingya in 34 camps, both old and new, amounted to more than 11 lakh.
To ease pressure from the overcrowded Rohingya camp in Cox’s Bazar, the government launched a project in November 2016 to relocate a lakh of Rohingya from Cox’s Bazar to Bhasanchar. The Bangladesh Navy was given the responsibility of implementing the project named Asrayan-3. But when their first relocation was planned in 2016, it was not possible to send them to Bhasanchar due to objections from the Rohingya.
Due to the negative attitude of the Rohingyas towards Bhasanchar, they have been objecting to going to Bhasanchar for so long. But after several effective measures taken by the government, the negative attitude of the Rohingya towards Bhasanchar changed.
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