Bangladesh allows relocated Myanmar Rohingya refugees to visit families

FILE PHOTO: Rohingya refugees sit on a makeshift boat as they are interrogated by the Border Guard Bangladesh after crossing the Bangladesh-Myanmar border, at Shah Porir Dwip near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh November 9, 2017. - Reuters

COX'S BAZAR (Bangladesh), Dec 1 (AFP): Dozens of Rohingya refugees from Myanmar sent to a remote and flood-prone Bangladesh island have been allowed to visit relatives for the first time since their relocations began two years ago.

Nearly 20,000 members of the stateless Muslim minority, who fled neighbouring Myanmar in 2017 after a brutal military crackdown, have already been sent to Bhashan Char island.