Rohingyas should be relocated: UN to Bangladesh
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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday several thousand Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh camps should be relocated in order to save them from floods as they were "extremely vulnerable to the monsoon." .
"The monsoon is the biggest concern," Guterres told reporters at UN headquarters in New York.
The UN chiefs views come amid reports of Bangladesh planning to relocate the Rohingyas to an island, however, there are no immediate reports of it being ready.
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"Higher ground is the best place for this kind of relocation," the UN chief added.
Over 700,000 Rohingyas have fled Myanmar since August last year after reports emerged of persecution by the Army.
Bangladesh was hit by an exodus of refugees with both the UN and the US calling the Myanmar military government to stop the "ethnic cleansing".
Guterres said the UN is in touch with the Bangladesh government on finding a permanent base for the Rohingyas, even though the outcome of the backroom talks is still not clear.
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