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Bangladesh bringing back 155 boat people from Myanmar Wednesday
Bangladesh is bringing back from Myanmar 155 migrants identified to be its nationals on Wednesday.
Published : 21 July 2015, 06:30 PM
Updated : 21 July 2015, 06:30 PM
They are among 727 rescued from the sea by Myanmar Navy.
Myanmar’s immigration department would hand them over to Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in a flag meeting along Ghumdhum border at 10:30am, BGB Cox’s Bazar 17 Battalion Commander Lt Col Md Robiul Islam said.
A 10-member BGB team led by Islam would attend the flag meeting.
According to him, Myanmar rescued 208 boat people on May 21. Of them, 187 were identified as Bangladeshis and brought back.
Myanmar also rescued 727 migration seekers on May 29. Of them, 155 were identified as Bangladeshis, Islam said.
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