Rohingyas are fleeing from camps in Cox’s Bazar as they are agreed to move from one camp to another. Members of Armed Police Battalion (APBn) and Army detained 36 Rohingya people from Teknaf on July 15 while they were fleeing camps.

The Rohingyas who tried to flee were shifted from Teknaf Shamlapur Camp No. 23 to Jamalbazar Camp-19, 20, 18 and 7, were held from Shamlapur Ghat and Lamar Bazar.

Earlier, 11 people were detained from Shamlapur Boat Ghat and Lamar Bazar while trying to escape in the early hours of July 15.

The information was confirmed by the Commander (SP) of 16 Armored Police Battalion (APBn) Tariqul Islam.

For several months, the government has been relocating Rohingyas living in Camp No. 23 of Shamlapur in Teknaf to other camps. For this reason, the Rohingya youths of Shamlapur camp are fleeing and taking shelter in a boat on beach of the sea. Meanwhile, being informed, 16 APBn and Army patrol team conducted a joint operation at Lamar Bazar and Boat Ghat on the beach adjacent to Camp No. 23 in Shamlapur.