Shawdesh desk:

As part of the government’s initiative to relocate Rohingyas to Noakhali’s Bhasan Char, 2,014 more Rohingyas started their journey for the island on Monday.

Five ships of the Bangladesh Navy carrying the 4th batch of Rohingyas left the Patenga Naval jetty around 10:15am, said sources at the Public Relations department of Chattogram Navy.

Akbar Hossain, a Rohingya who along with his seven family members boarded the Navy Ship, said, “We struggled a lot in Cox’s Bazar camp. We got information about Bhasan Char from our relatives who’re already living there, and now we’re heading towards the island.”

The first batch of Rohingyas under the fourth phase of Rohingya relocation process arrived in Chattogram from Cox’s Bazar around 3 pm on Sunday.

Sources at Refugee, Relief and Rehabilitation Commissioner office said some 6,688 Rohingyas have so far been shifted to Bhasan Char from Cox’s Bazar camp in three phases.

On December 4 last year, some 1,642 Rohingyas were transferred to Bhasan Char in the first batch and 1,804 in the second phase on December 29, while some 3,242 people were shifted to the island on January 29, 2021.

In the fourth batch, some 4,000 Rohingyas will be shifted to Bhasan Char.