GENEVA - A United Nations human rights investigator on Myanmar voiced deep concern on Monday over Bangladesh's plan to relocate 23,000 Rohingya refugees in April to a remote island, saying it may not be habitable and could create a potential"new crisis".
"There are a number of things that remain unknown to me even following my visit, chief among them being whether the island is truly habitable," said Yanghee Lee, U.N. special rapporteur on Myanmar, who visited the island in January. " have agreed. Now we’re finalising with them how to move them and all other factors. Everything is ready... Housing, power, healthcare, communication, storm surge embankment, cyclone shelter centres and all other facilities," he told Reuters in Dhaka.
"Over 120,000 Rohingya still live in concentration camps in Myanmar, others outside live in fear of violence," he said."We want to go home to Myanmar, with our rights, our citizenship, and international security on the ground."
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