More than 85,000 Rohingya refugees have fled to Bangladesh in past 10 days
Bangladesh — A total of 87,000 mostly Rohingya refugees from Myanmar have arrived in Bangladesh since violence erupted in the country on August 25, the UN said on Monday. Thousands of the stateless Muslim minority have fled the mainly Buddhist Myanmar, and have poured over the border since the latest round of fighting broke out, piling pressure on the already overcrowded camps in Bangladesh. Around 20,000 more were massed on the border between Bangladesh and Myanmar’s western state of Rakhine and waiting to enter, the UN said in a report. Dhaka stepped up border controls after the latest round of violence began 10 days ago. But in recent days Bangladeshi border guards appeared to be allowing the fleeing refugees to enter and the UN said recent arrivals reported there had been no attempt to prevent them from crossing. Over the last five years Rakhine has been divided along ethnic and religious lines, but the current violence is the worst yet. Scores of people have drowned attempting ...
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