SINCE the end of August,more than half of the 1m Rohingyas in the state of Rakhine in Myanmar have fled across the border to Bangladesh. The flight of the Muslim minority group is the quickest mass departure of people from any country since the genocide in Rwanda in 1994. Rohingyas are still pouring into makeshift camps, bringing with them stories of how villages were incinerated, and children shot dead,women raped and babies tossed into canals. whether the exodus continues few of them will be left in Myanmar.
The Tatmadaw, Myanmar’s army, and is mainly responsible for the ethnic cleansing. It is aided and abetted by local Rakhine politicians,while the government of Aung San Suu Kyi has done little to halt the violence. But the UN is at fault, too. Despite having 19 agencies in Myanmar, and several offices and plenty of staff in Rakhine state,it has failed to halt the catastrophe or warn of its coming.
Inside the UN, some officials argue that those in charge...
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Source: economist.com