22 new Rohingyas cross into Bangladesh thru Teknaf, BGB detains 14

At least 22 new Rohingyas have reportedly entered Bangladesh from Myanmar through the Teknaf border in Cox's Bazar.

This afternoon (5 June), 14 of them were seen waiting at the Abu Siddique Market area in the Teknaf Bus Station area, and were lated taken into the custody of the Border Guard Bangladesh, said Lieutenant Colonel Md Ashiqur Rahman, commander of BGB's Teknaf-2 Battalion

"14 Rohingyas have been taken into custody. The process of sending them back to Myanmar is underway," he told The Business Standard.

Mohammad Amin and Mustafa Kamal, part of the new batch of Rohingyas, said there were two children, two women and eight men.

They said they arrived from Myanmar by boat near the ​​Saint Martin's and reached the shores of Maheshkhalia Para in Teknaf Sadar on the Bay of Bengal.

There were a total of 22 Rohingyas on the boat. The other eight got off the boat and fled elsewhere, but they are in the Teknaf station area by auto rickshaw, they added.

The Arakan Army took over most of Myanmar's Rakhine state in December after the Myanmar junta government clashed. Since then, the UNHCR and the Office of the Commissioner for Refugees, Relief and Repatriation have reported a new influx of 180,000 Rohingyas since 1 May.