Photos: Rohingya refugees rally nine years after Myanmar exodus
Tens of thousands of Rohingya in Bangladesh protest, demanding safe return to Myanmar’s Rakhine state. Rohingya rally at a refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.
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Key Facts
- Fact 1: The more than 1.2 million Rohingya refugees living in about 30 camps forming the world’s largest refugee settlement in Cox’s Bazar in southeastern Bangladesh are also demanding safe return to their homes in Myanmar’s Rakhine state.
- Fact 2: Most of the refugees crossed the border in a mass exodus in 2017 after Buddhist-majority Myanmar launched a military crackdown in Rakhine following an attack by an armed group.
- Fact 3: This month, Myanmar’s military government said more than 300,000 people living in camps in Bangladesh are former residents of Rakhine state and it will accept their return once security conditions improve.
- Fact 4: [Abdul Goni/AFP] More than 1.2 million Rohingya live in refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar District in southeastern Bangladesh.
Tens of thousands of Rohingya in Bangladesh protest, demanding safe return to Myanmar’s Rakhine state. Rohingya rally at a refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.
[Abdul Goni/AP Photo] Tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh’s overcrowded camps have protested against dire conditions as they mark nine years since a military crackdown drove them out of neighbouring Myanmar. The more than 1.2 million Rohingya refugees living in about 30 camps forming the world’s largest refugee settlement in Cox’s Bazar in southeastern Bangladesh are also demanding safe return to their homes in Myanmar’s Rakhine state. The demonstrators urged the international community on Tuesday to guarantee security in Rakhine as they marked what they called the “ninth anniversary of Rohingya Genocide Day”.
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Original source: Al Jazeera
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