The Latest: UN says 389,000 Rohingyas have fled in 3 weeks
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The UN says its humanitarian officials report that 389,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled to Bangladesh since violence broke out in Myanmar's Rakhine state on August 25.
UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric told reporters at UN headquarters on Thursday 10,000 people reportedly crossed the border that in the last 24 hours.
He says combined with the Rohingyas who fled during the last round of violence in Rakhine state last October "it's estimated that some 40 percent of the total Rohingya population have now fled into Bangladesh."
Dujarric says an estimated 60 percent of the Rohingyas arriving in Bangladesh are children.
He says the UN children's agency, UNICEF, reports that there is an acute shortage of everything, "most critically shelter, food and clean water."
It has appealed for $7 million over the next four months for emergency support for the Rohingyas.
Dujarric said "the sheer number of refugees has overwhelmed pre-existing refugee camps, with new arrivals seeking shelter anywhere that they can find space."
