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UN says 313,000 people have fled to Bangladesh

The office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees says the number of people who have fled to Bangladesh to escape violence in Myanmar's western state of Rakhine has reached 313,000. The total, during the period from Aug. 25 through Sunday, is 19,000 more than Saturday's estimate of 294,000.

 

According to a report issued Monday by the ad hoc coordinating group of humanitarian agencies working on the refugee influx, the number of new arrivals had slowed slightly, but many were still looking for shelter and were camped on roadsides.

 

It also said in two local Bangladeshi communities, the local mosque committee, political leaders and community leaders were providing basic assistance to newcomers.

 

The violence was triggered on Aug. 25 when an ethnic Rohingya insurgent group attacked police posts in Myanmar and security forces retaliated. Many villages were burned and hundreds of people died, mainly Rohingya Muslims.

 


פרסום ראשון: 09.11.17, 18:37