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Rohingya girls rescued from traffickers in Bangladesh
At least 23 teenage Rohingya girls have been rescued after being brought from refugee camps to the capital, Dhaka, to be sent to Malaysia by air, Bangladesh police said on Sunday.
Dhaka police also arrested four human traffickers including a Rohingya couple and recovered more than 50 Bangladeshi passports from them on Saturday.
Police spokesman Mokhlesur Rahman said they raided a residence in the northern part of the city and found the teenagers hiding in a room behind a tailoring shop.
READ MORE:https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019...d-traffickers-bangladesh-190512101949513.html
Rohingya women, girls being trafficked to Malaysia for marriage
"They were promised jobs in Malaysia and brought from refugee camps in Cox's Bazar," he told AFP news agency, referring to the Rohingya settlements in Bangladesh's southeastern coastal district.
The girls - aged between 15 and 19 - could have been potential victims of forced prostitution, the official said.
At least 23 teenage Rohingya girls have been rescued after being brought from refugee camps to the capital, Dhaka, to be sent to Malaysia by air, Bangladesh police said on Sunday.
Dhaka police also arrested four human traffickers including a Rohingya couple and recovered more than 50 Bangladeshi passports from them on Saturday.
Police spokesman Mokhlesur Rahman said they raided a residence in the northern part of the city and found the teenagers hiding in a room behind a tailoring shop.
READ MORE:https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019...d-traffickers-bangladesh-190512101949513.html
Rohingya women, girls being trafficked to Malaysia for marriage
"They were promised jobs in Malaysia and brought from refugee camps in Cox's Bazar," he told AFP news agency, referring to the Rohingya settlements in Bangladesh's southeastern coastal district.
The girls - aged between 15 and 19 - could have been potential victims of forced prostitution, the official said.