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Free displaced community from clutches of political corruption

Refugees have no place anywhere in the world—not even in their own homeland. Families rendered homeless by river erosion, who build new settlements elsewhere, are again evicted from those places through political power. According to news reports published on Thursday (9 October), Urirchar, a remote union on the ancient island of Sandwip in the Bay of Bengal, has become one of the major shelters for climate-displaced people. But now, this very settlement is also falling victim to political thuggery, forcing its residents to become refugees once again.