Refugee advocates say Australia should consider a special resettlement program as UN warns military attacks on ethnic minority risks becoming ethnic cleansingAustralia’s Rohingya community has rallied in Sydney and Melbourne,urging greater international intervention against military attacks on the ethnic minority in Myanmar, which the head of the United Nations has described as at risk of becoming ethnic cleansing.
The Refugee Council of Australia has called on the federal government to consider a special resettlement program similar to the successful one it ran for Syrian and Iraqi refugees – for Rohingya forcibly displaced. Related: Who are the Rohingya and what is happening in Myanmar? Related: purchase absent Aung San Suu Kyis Nobel peace prize. She no longer deserves it | George Monbiot Related: Aung San Suu Kyi says 'terrorists' are misinforming world about Myanmar violence Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com