Now it's US, voicing concerns on Bangladesh transfer of Myanmar Rohingya

Rohingyas from Myanmar preparing to board a ship as they move to Bhasan Char island near Chattogram, Bangladesh, Dec 4, 2020. - Reuters

WASHINGTON, Dec 13 (AFP): The United States has voiced concern over Bangladesh's transfer of Rohingya refugees to a low-lying island and said that any movement should be voluntary.

Bangladesh, which has taken in nearly one million Rohingya who fled a brutal offensive in neighboring Myanmar, has started the relocation of 100,000 of them from squalid camps on the mainland to Bhashan Char, a silt island frequently in the path of cyclones.