bdnews24.com :
As the Rohingya exodus from Myanmar continues with the numbers reaching 400,000 in three weeks, Bangladesh has taken measures to stop them from moving to other parts of the country.
Police in the southeastern region of Chittagong said on Saturday that they have set up check posts to stop the spread of refugees entering the country through the bordering district of Cox’s Bazar.
The move came after reports that refugees have managed to reach various districts in other parts of the country, Deputy Inspector General SM Monir-uz-zaman told the media in Chittagong.
“The police and the administration will do their utmost to ensure that the Rohingya refugees do not reach the rest of the mainland. We are working to contain them within Cox’s Bazar.” “We have set up 27 check posts in Bandarban, Khagrachhari, Rangamati and Chittagong districts to contain the spread.”
According to the latest situation report on the website of Inter Sector Coordination Group or ISCG, 391,000 Rohingyas have crossed the border into Bangladesh since violence erupted in Myanmar’s western state of Rakhine in late August.
The International Organisation of Migration or IOM, which manages the ISCG portal, said the figure was based on unverified estimations from consolidated field reports of the agencies working in Cox’s Bazar.
Bangladesh was already home to almost half a million Rohingyas before the latest crisis erupted on Aug 25, when Rohingya insurgents attacked about 30 police posts and an army camp, killing a dozen people.
The Bangladesh government has set up a temporary refuge for the new influx of refugees and Rohingyas found elsewhere are being transferred to the new settlements.
Police have already detained Rohingyas in Chittagong’s Patenga, Chandgaon, Bakolia, Hathazari and Sitakunda areas and sent them back to Cox’s Bazar.
Though the new influx has been particularly massive, Rohingyas have not spread too widely, senior Bangladesh Police officer Monir-uz-zaman said on Saturday.
As the Rohingya exodus from Myanmar continues with the numbers reaching 400,000 in three weeks, Bangladesh has taken measures to stop them from moving to other parts of the country.
Police in the southeastern region of Chittagong said on Saturday that they have set up check posts to stop the spread of refugees entering the country through the bordering district of Cox’s Bazar.
The move came after reports that refugees have managed to reach various districts in other parts of the country, Deputy Inspector General SM Monir-uz-zaman told the media in Chittagong.
“The police and the administration will do their utmost to ensure that the Rohingya refugees do not reach the rest of the mainland. We are working to contain them within Cox’s Bazar.” “We have set up 27 check posts in Bandarban, Khagrachhari, Rangamati and Chittagong districts to contain the spread.”
According to the latest situation report on the website of Inter Sector Coordination Group or ISCG, 391,000 Rohingyas have crossed the border into Bangladesh since violence erupted in Myanmar’s western state of Rakhine in late August.
The International Organisation of Migration or IOM, which manages the ISCG portal, said the figure was based on unverified estimations from consolidated field reports of the agencies working in Cox’s Bazar.
Bangladesh was already home to almost half a million Rohingyas before the latest crisis erupted on Aug 25, when Rohingya insurgents attacked about 30 police posts and an army camp, killing a dozen people.
The Bangladesh government has set up a temporary refuge for the new influx of refugees and Rohingyas found elsewhere are being transferred to the new settlements.
Police have already detained Rohingyas in Chittagong’s Patenga, Chandgaon, Bakolia, Hathazari and Sitakunda areas and sent them back to Cox’s Bazar.
Though the new influx has been particularly massive, Rohingyas have not spread too widely, senior Bangladesh Police officer Monir-uz-zaman said on Saturday.
