Rohingya Muslim refugees 'injured in protests' on isolated island during UNHCR visit


  • World
  • Thursday, 03 Jun 2021

FILE PHOTO Rohingya refugees sit on wooden benches of a navy vessel on their way to the Bhasan Char island in Noakhali district Bangladesh December 29 2020. REUTERSMohammad Ponir Hossain

FILE PHOTO: Rohingya refugees sit on wooden benches of a navy vessel on their way to the Bhasan Char island in Noakhali district, Bangladesh, December 29, 2020. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Rohingya Muslim refugees from Myanmar, angry at living conditions on a remote Bangladeshi island, suffered baton injuries as they protested against the lack of access to a visiting U.N. team, two of the refugees said.

The Rohingya, who fled violence in Buddhist-majority Myanmar, cannot move off the flood-prone island of Bhasan Char, several hours away from the mainland by sea.

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