Monday, November 16, 2009

60 Rohingya refugees to settle in England

Cox’s Bazaar, Bangladesh: Sixty Burmese refugees from Nayapara and Kutupalong camps in Bangladesh will go to a third country soon as part of a resettlement programme, said a refugee leader from Nayapara camp.

Seven families comprising 41 members from Nayapara camp and 19 members from four families from Kutupalong camp, totaling 60 refugees, including women and children will fly soon to the United Kingdom (UK) from Dhaka airport.

They are being trained in Dhaka to adjust to the culture and laws of the host country where they will be resettled. They will be flown to England in two phases, another refugee from Kutupalong camp said.

Recently, nine refugees from the Kutupalong camp and five refugees from the Nayapara camp were flown to New Zealand and Australia respectively.

Earlier too England had received 109 Rohingya refugees as part of a resettlement programme.

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