Hundreds Rohingya Muslims flee Myanmar to Bangladesh over past three days: Aid workers
‘The International Organization for Migration (IOM) says hundreds of minority Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar have crossed the border to seek shelter in neighboring Bangladesh over the past three days, as violence escalates in the country’s northwest.
Speaking on condition of anonymity, an official with the IOM, the United Nations migration agency, said on Monday that he had witnessed more than 500 people cross Myanmar’s western border with Bangladesh and enter IOM camps over that period.
UN aid workers confirmed the report without giving specific numbers, saying they saw Rohingyas who said they had recently fled the fighting in Myanmar.’
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