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Bangladesh offers land to shelter Rohingya fleeing Myanmar

Turkey’s President Erdogan has offered to pay Bangladesh to shelter Rohingya.

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Dhaka (AP)–Bangladesh has agreed to free land for a new camp to shelter some of the hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims who have fled recent violence in Myanmar, an official said Monday. The new camp will help relieve some pressure on existing settlements in the Bangladeshi border district of Cox’s Bazar, where nearly 300,000 Rohingya have arrived since August 25. “The two refugees camps we are in are beyond overcrowded,” said UN refugee agency spokeswoman Vivian Tan. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina had offered .8 hectares near the existing camp of Kutupalong “to build temporary shelters for the Rohingya newcomers,” according to Mohammed Shahriar Alam, a junior minister for foreign affairs. He also said the government would begin fingerprinting and registering the new arrivals on Monday.

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Leanne Nankivell
Leanne Nankivell
September 12, 2017

Well done Ermine Erdogan! After all Turkey’s shenanigans, and from all the Muslim countries its Mrs Erdogan who comes to.the aid of the Rohingya! A much needed helping hand. I am impressed.

Marija
Marija
Reply to  Leanne Nankivell
September 14, 2017

You are garbage just like your Sultan. And poor Bangladesh has to take in numerous terrorists

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