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BGB pushes back 110 more Rohingyas to Myanmar
More than 100 Rohingyas trying to enter Bangladesh have been stopped by the border guards amid escalating violence in Myanmar's Rakhine state.
Published : 10 Dec 2016, 10:41 AM
Updated : 10 Dec 2016, 10:41 AM
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) says it has sent back 11 boats on the Naf River at Cox's Bazar's Teknaf.
Local BGB-2 Battalion’s chief Lt Col Abuzar Al Zahid said BGB patrols sent back the boats, each carrying at least 10 persons, early on Saturday.
Myanmar troops have poured into the frontier Rakhine state with Bangladesh after coordinated attacks on three border posts in October reportedly left nine police officers killed.
Rohingyas and rights groups claim the military and border guards are raping women, torching houses and killing civilians, which the authorities have denied.
Amid escalating violence, hundreds of Rohingyas have been flocking to the borders to cross into Bangladesh every day and the border guards are pushing them back in to Myanmar.
Bangladesh has been providing shelter to over half a million Rohingyas since the 1980s.
Amid the latest spate of violence, more than 10,000 Rohingyas have crossed into Bangladesh in recent weeks, UN officials say.
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