The United Nations refugee agency said that 270,000 Rohingya had fled the fighting in western Myanmar since late August. Credit Adam Dean for The New York Times
New York Times: 270,000 Rohingya Have Fled Myanmar, U.N. Says
HONG KONG — The number of Rohingya who have fled fighting in western Myanmar has climbed sharply to 270,000, placing a huge strain on camps in Bangladesh where they are seeking shelter, the United Nations refugee agency said Friday.
On Thursday, the United Nations agency said that about 164,000 Rohingya had fled since fighting broke out in late August.
Two refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar in southeast Bangladesh that were already home to nearly 34,000 Rohingya refugees “are now bursting at the seams,” Duniya Aslam Khan, a spokeswoman for the refugee agency, said in a statement.
“The limited shelter capacity is already exhausted,” she said. “Refugees are now squatting in makeshift shelters that have mushroomed along the road and on available land in the Ukhiya and Teknaf areas.”
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More News On The Rohingya Crisis
Myanmar violence may have killed more than 1,000: UN rapporteur -- AFP
Rohingya crisis: Exodus swells 'as 270,000 flee Myanmar' -- BBC
At least 270,000 Rohingya flee Myanmar violence in 2 weeks, UN says -- CNN
'Military atrocities on Rohingyas have hallmarks of ethnic cleansing' -- Says Human Rights Watch
Trump urged to speak up over potential Myanmar genocide -- Politico
Massive protests in Bangladesh against Rohingya killings in Myanmar, but Nobel Institute says it can't strip Aung San Suu Kyi of her Peace prize -- The National
'Aung San Suu Kyi turned her back on democracy': Iranian Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi -- DW
Desmond Tutu condemns Aung San Suu Kyi: 'Silence is too high a price' -- The Guardian
Malala calls for defence of Rohingya -- BBC
Nobel institute: Myanmar leader can't be stripped of prize -- Washington Post
Clamour grows over Aung San Suu Kyi's silence on Rohingya exodus -- The Australian
The Rohingya crisis: Why won't Aung San Suu Kyi act? -- Fergal Keane BBC
Bleak Future for Myanmar’s Rohingya -- Thomas Keane, US News and World Report
1 comment:
14 articles, but not this one
Former State Dept Diplomat on Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar: 'I Don't Accept the Narrative'
https://pjmedia.com/homeland-security/2017/09/08/former-state-dept-diplomat-rohingya-muslims-myanmar-dont-accept-narrative/
Why not the above article. It quotes a U.S. Diplomat, who had worked in Burma.
Therefore, I think he article is worth while although it is published in a little known paper.
Another Fact.
The Saudis paid 1/2 the freight for the mujaheddin in Afghanistan in the 1980s.
They are paying now in Burma and other places. It may be businessmen and not the government, but it is still a significant amount of money.
They will not stop after Burma. One day they will be paying people in Chechnya, Kazakhstan, Kazan, Turkmenistan, Mongolia, Out Mongolia, Xinjiang, Dagestan, Paraguay, or the U.S.
So have fun with the Kyi angle.
The only possible criticism I see of Kyi is of the Kofi Anna thing is made up and/or why she went to him instead of the current UN head. Maybe she trusts Annan due to history.
Ban Ki Moon in many people's estimation is a snake. The new secretary is possibly an unknown. At any rate he was not secretary a year ago when the talks happened.
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