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Refugees arrested along Ukhiya-Cox’s Bazaar motorway

Friday, 29 July 2011 13:37 Ukhiya, Bangladesh :  The police from Ukhiya police station under Cox’s Bazaar district have started to arrest Rohingya refugees from Ukhiya-Cox’s Bazaar motorway following the locals’ attacks on the refugees on July 16, said a refugee. On July 26, some unregistered refugees were arrested from Ukhiya while going to their work site by vehicles from the unofficial refugee camp for their survival. The refugees in Kutupalong makeshift camp are living in small huts built with leaves and branches of trees and have mud walls. They are not recognized as refugees by the Bangladesh government. Likewise, the UNHCR is not accepting these people as refugees, and the reason is unknown. The refugees in the makeshift camp are not getting any support from any quarter. For their survival and support their family members by working outside the camp in rural areas, said another refugee. They were arrested on their way to work and sent back to the refugee camp by the police