<p>Bangladesh started moving a second group of Rohingya Muslim refugees to a low-lying island in the Bay of Bengal on Tuesday, a naval official told <em>Reuters</em>, despite opposition from rights groups worried about the new site's vulnerability to floods.</p>.<p>The 1,804 Rohingya were being moved in seven ships to Bhasan Char island, said Navy Commodore Abdullah Al Mamun Chowdhury.</p>.<p>"We are ready to receive the new arrivals," he said by telephone from the island.</p>.<p>A first group of more than 1,600 Rohingya, members of a minority group who have fled from Myanmar, were relocated from their camps near the Myanmar border to Bhasan Char earlier in the month.</p>
<p>Bangladesh started moving a second group of Rohingya Muslim refugees to a low-lying island in the Bay of Bengal on Tuesday, a naval official told <em>Reuters</em>, despite opposition from rights groups worried about the new site's vulnerability to floods.</p>.<p>The 1,804 Rohingya were being moved in seven ships to Bhasan Char island, said Navy Commodore Abdullah Al Mamun Chowdhury.</p>.<p>"We are ready to receive the new arrivals," he said by telephone from the island.</p>.<p>A first group of more than 1,600 Rohingya, members of a minority group who have fled from Myanmar, were relocated from their camps near the Myanmar border to Bhasan Char earlier in the month.</p>