Officials from Bangladesh announced Friday that they plan to move more than 80,000 Rohingya refugees to an isolated island in the Bay of Bengal after reaching an agreement with the UN for assistance.
Officials reported that some 19,000 Muslim refugees from Myanmar had already relocated from crowded camps on the mainland to Bhashan Char island, despite concerns voiced by aid groups.

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