TNPSC Thervupettagam

Rohingya refugees

October 24 , 2019 1862 days 1037 0
  • Approximately 6,000-7,000 Rohingya refugees have agreed to be relocated to the newly built camp on the Bhashan Char Island.
  • The Bhashan Char is an uninhabited island around 30 kilometre east of Hatiya island in the South East Bangladesh.
  • Bhashan Char island was formed about two decades ago on the mouth of river Meghna.
  • Rohingya people are a stateless Indo-Aryan ethnic group who reside in Rakhine State, Myanmar.
  • The majority of it are Muslim while a minority are Hindu.

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