Rohingyas board a ship as they are moving to Bhasan Char island in Chattogram,, Bangladesh, December 4, 2020. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain
CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh (Reuters) - Bangladesh naval vessels carried about 1,600 Rohingya refugees to a remote island in the Bay of Bengal on Friday despite complaints by refugees and rights groups that some were being coerced.
Bangladesh says it is only transferring people who are willing to go and the move will ease chronic overcrowding in camps that are home to more than 1 million Rohingya, members of a Muslim minority who have fled neighbouring Myanmar.
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