A boat laden with Rohingyas sank in the Bay of Bengal near Teknaf upazila in Cox鈥檚 Bazar early Saturday.
The incident took place near Paschimpara Ghat of Shahparir Dwip early Saturday as the Bangladesh security forces tracked the boat, carrying passengers fleeing from war-hit Myanmar, trying to sneak into the country鈥檚 territory illegally, said Border Guard Bangladesh officials.
One BGB member who went to rescue the occupants of the sinking boat went missing. He had yet to be traced as of 8:30pm Saturday when this report was filed.
BGB 2 battalion commanding officer in Teknaf Lieutenant Colonel Md Ashikur Rahman said that his personnel along with local fishermen rushed to the spot for rescuing the Rohingyas.
鈥榃e have rescued 25 Rohingyas alive so far. One BGB member in the rescue team went missing. We have recovered the boat later. Our rescue operation is going on,鈥� said Ashikur.
Rohingyas continue to enter Bangladesh illegally from Mymanmar鈥檚 conflict-hit state of Rakhine reportedly by paying boatmen and through brokers on both sides of the border.
The Rohingyas are crossing over the border using both land and river routes along Ukhiya and Teknaf upazilas in Cox鈥檚 Bazar and Naikhongchhari upazila in Bandarban, local people and officials in Cox鈥檚 Bazar said.
According to the Office of the Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commissioner, 53,948 Rohingyas received temporary joint registration from the RRRC and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees for entering the camps in 2024. Most of them took registration in August and September of the year.
In 2024, total 225 Rohingyas were registered in January, 115 in February, 101 in March, 229 in April, 314 in May, 1,135 in June, 5,809 in July, 27,879 in August, 15,296 in September, 2,546 in October, 179 in November and 120 Rohingyas were registered in December, according to the RRRC data.
It also showed that 116 were registered in January and 40 in February in 2025.聽
