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REFUGEE CRISIS IN BANGLA AS 14,000 CROSS FROM BURMA
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Dhaka, Aug. 3: A group representing Burmese Muslims, who
fled alleged persecution in Burma, claimed on Sunday that
more refugees would flow into Bangladesh unless their
security could be guaranteed.
The Rohingya Solidarity Organisation claimed on Sunday that
up to 14,000 new Burmese Muslims had already crossed the
border into Bangladesh since June because of persecution
from Burmese forces and for "economic"reasons.
The United Nations High Comissioner for Refugees put the
number of Burmese Muslims, known as Rohingyas, at 7,000,
while the Bangladesh government officially puts their
numbers at "several thousand."The UNHCR descrived the new
Rohingyas arrivals as both "economic and
political"migrants.
The six-page "Rohingya Sangbad" newsletter said, "between
12,000 and 14,000 entered Bangladesh during the past two
months. These people fled to Bangladesh after facing a
famine forcing them to live in virtual hunger," it said,
adding in recent days prices of essential and food
commodities have sky-rocked. Rohingyas were again fleeing
into Bangladesh.
(AFP)
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