Much of the border is secured to control migration and the journey by
water is a perilous. Hundreds of Rohingya have died attempting to cross
the Naf river to enter Bangladesh. Sent home from no man's land Kalam,
the Bangladeshi commissioner, said the people trapped in no man's land
would be moved as part of a United Nations-supported repatriation effort
to return the Rohingya Muslims back to Myanmar, though no timeline was
given. The UN estimates there are roughly 5,300 people stranded between
the two countries. Exact figures aren't known because the refugees
haven't gone through a verification process. The United Nations refugee
agency said Tuesday that representatives of the stranded group.
Source: Yahoo News
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