Bhasan Char

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Bangladesh’s relocation of Rohingya refugees has disturbing parallels to offshore detention of refugees elsewhere in the Asia-Pacific region.

The February coup has further complicated the potential return of more than 1 million Rohingya refugees to Myanmar.

Thousands of Rohingya refugees have been relocated to Bhasan Char, which is closer to an island prison than an appropriate location for resettlement.

Dhaka says that the relocation of refugees to the low-lying island is a temporary arrangement; they will eventually have to return to Myanmar.

The protest follows reports that refugees were offered Bangladeshi citizenship to undertake the move to Bhasan Char.

The controversial island relocation plan points to the challenges facing the resolution of the refugee crisis in southeastern Bangladesh.

Refugees and rights groups say that threats and inducements have been used to get refugees to move to the previously uninhabited island.

International aid agencies and the U.N. have vehemently opposed the relocation since it was first proposed in 2015