Mohammed Shahriar Alam, a junior minister for foreign affairs, said in a Facebook post on Monday that Bangladeshi Prime Minister
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had offered 2,000 acres (810 hectares) near the existing camp of Kutupalong "to build temporary shelters for the Rohingya newcomers."
The Dhaka government would begin fingerprinting and registering the new arrivals on Monday, the minister added.
The Bangladeshi premier is scheduled to visit Rohingya refugees on Tuesday.
According to the United Nations
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, the new camp will help relieve some pressure on existing settlements in the Bangladeshi border district of Cox’s Bazar.
"The two refugee camps we are in are beyond overcrowded," said UN refugee agency spokeswoman Vivian Tan, adding, "Tomorrow we are expecting an airlift of relief supplies for 20,000 people."
This comes as other new arrivals were being sheltered in schools, or were huddling in makeshift settlements with no toilets along roadsides and in open fields. Basic resources were scarce, including clean water food and medical aid.
Reporters say they have witnessed hundreds streaming through the border at Shah Puri Dwip on Monday.
Aid agencies have been overwhelmed by the influx of Rohingya Moslem refugees, many of whom are arriving hungry and traumatized after walking days through jungles or packing into rickety wooden boats in search of safety in Bangladesh.