- Saturday, April 20, 2024
By: Eastern Eye Staff
The United Nations says 87,000 mostly Rohingya refugees have poured over the border into Bangladesh since the latest round of fighting broke out 10 days ago in Myanmar’s neighbouring Rakhine state. Bangladesh authorities have forced these more than 2,000 Rohingya to leave a remote island where they were hiding out after fleeing violence in Myanmar, officials said today. The vast majority have entered overland or by crossing the Naf border river. But as desperation grows, some are braving the open seas to reach the small island of St Martin’s nine kilometres off Bangladesh’s coast. Officials said the island’s 9,000 residents, who share close cultural ties with the Rohingya and…
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