Govt to move Rohingya camps to Hatiya

The government plans to relocate thousands of Rohingyas who have spent years in refugee camps near the Myanmar border, an official said Wednesday, reports AFP.
The government has started planning the relocation to Hatiya island in the Bay of Bengal in a move backed by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, said additional secretary Amit Kumar Baul.
"The relocation of the Rohingya camps will definitely take place. So far informal steps have been taken according to the PM's directives," Baul, head of the government's Myanmar Refugee Cell, said.
A Rohingya leader urged the government to cancel the plans, saying it would only make life worse for the refugees -- many of whom have been languishing in the camps for years since they left Myanmar.
"We want the (Bangladesh) government and international organisations to resolve our issue from here," Mohammad Islam, a community leader in one of the camps, said.