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Appendix III: Human Rights Watch Letter to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) “AN ISLAND JAIL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SEA” 66

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“An Island Jail in the Middle of the Sea” Bangladesh’s Relocation of Rohingya Refugees to Bhasan Char

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Author: Human Rights Watch

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Description: Since December 2020, the Bangladesh government has moved nearly 20,000 Rohingya refugees to Bhasan Char, a remote silt island in the Bay of Bengal. With the approaching monsoon season, refugees and humanitarian workers alike fear that inadequate storm and flood protection could put those on the island at serious risk. This, alongside food shortages, unreliable water sources, lack of schools and health care, and severe restrictions on freedom of movement, makes many refugees fear they are stuck on “an island jail in the middle of the sea,” as one child described it.

Type of resource

Report

Source

NGO : Other International NGOs

Region

Asia / Pacific

Country

Bangladesh

Theme

(Forced) Migration
Discrimination
Minorities

Framework

UN Human Rights system

Population/Community

Rohingya

Date published: Jun 7, 2021

Source URL: Direct Link

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bangladesh0621_web.pdf
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