Rohingya refugees are being transported in a bus to the Chittagong port from a refugee camp for the first mass relocation of refugees to an island prone to cyclones and flooding on December 3. (AFP)

Bangladesh begins transfer of Rohingya to controversial island

The Bangladeshi government, growing frustrated with the stalled refugee crisis, began transferring hundreds of Rohingya to a low-lying island prone to cyclones and floods.

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