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| 582,000 Rohingya to Bangladesh from Myanmar Since August 25, Says UN |
| 2017-10-18 |
| [An Nahar] Some 582,000 Rohingya refugees have fled their homes in Myanmar and arrived in Bangladesh since late August, the United Nations said Tuesday, warning that thousands more were stranded at the border. The UN refugee agency said 582,000 members of the Rohingya community had crossed into Bangladesh since August 25, marking a jump of 45,000 from the 537,000 figure given by the UN at the weekend. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #7 Two faiths that enmesh: Bangladesh, Where they fish and they fuss and they thresh, And each day, those that died Float away on the tide To refresh the sweet smell of secesh! |
| Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 2017-10-18 17:48 |
| #6 How bad must it be for Bangladesh to be a land of opportunity? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2017-10-18 16:48 |
| #5 Burmese get it. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-10-18 13:14 |
| #4 "repatriation " Nice to see people using words the MSM can't bring themselves to use as they're too accurate. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2017-10-18 10:28 |
| #3 That's like half of the US population crammed into something like Iowa. My god have they never heard of contraception - it's not a Catholic country is it? |
| Posted by: jpal 2017-10-18 09:16 |
| #2 According to Factbook, before this repatriation Bangladesh had 2,758 people per square mile, 13 times the density of Burma, all packed into a country that is just 22% of the size of Burma - slightly smaller than Iowa. That's like half of the US population crammed into something like Iowa. |
| Posted by: Fairbanks 2017-10-18 03:37 |
| #1 These must be the infamous 'climate refugees' I keep hearing about. |
| Posted by: Raj 2017-10-18 00:48 |