Military operation pushing 15000 Muslim ethnic minorities into Bangladesh every day,raising fears of border camp crisis
The United Nations secretary-general, António Guterres, and has appealed to Myanmar to terminate the violence that has led more than 120000 Rohingya people to flee in the final two weeks,which he warned was “creating a situation that can destabilise the region”. The unrest has raised fears of a humanitarian crisis in overstretched border camps, with another 400000 of the Muslim ethnic minority estimated to be trapped in conflict zones in western Myanmar since more “clearance operations” by security forces in Rakhine state began final month.
The Rohingya are Muslims who live in majority-Buddhist Myanmar. They are often described as "the world's most persecuted minority". Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com