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Swedish princess visits Rohingyas

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UNB  :
Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden, UNDP Goodwill Ambassador, arrived at Cox’s Bazar Ukhiya Rohingya camp on Wednesday.

She arrived Ukhiya Rohingya camp by an army helicopter from Noakhali’s Bhasan Char at around 1:30 pm.

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Cox’s Bazar Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Shahin Imran, Police Superintendent Mahfuzur Rahman and officials of the Swedish Embassy in Dhaka welcomed the princess.

She will visit various projects in the Rohingya camp. After visiting the camp, she will visit the world’s largest shelter project for climate refugees at Khuruskool in Cox’s Bazar in the afternoon.

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