The Bangladeshi government has started moving Rohingya Muslims to uninhabited islands

The Bangladeshi government has started moving the persecuted Rohingya Muslims to an uninhabited island, which could be flooded at any time.

International concern over the safety and human rights of Rohingya refugees is growing as Bangladesh begins relocating them to an uninhabited island.

Rohingya Muslims, who fled to save their lives due to violence in Myanmar, have been living in refugee camps in their Muslim neighbor Bangladesh, where there are more people than their capacity.

The government of Bangladesh has started implementing a plan to relocate one lakh refugees to a remote island in the Bay of Bengal.

The first group of about 1,600 Rohingya refugees arrived on the island on Friday by ships.

The government maintains that it is a safe place and there are newly constructed houses to live in.

But the United Nations and human rights groups have cited expert analysis that warned the entire island could be flooded by heavy rains from the storm.

Human Rights Watch has quoted some Rohingya families as saying they were forced to go to the island by threats from Bangladeshi authorities.

The group has called for a halt to the refugee relocation plan, saying the Rohingya people are being forced against their will.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, has stressed that any resettlement process must be based on a voluntary and informed decision.