Roger Arnold

Bangladesh. Sunset view of thousands of new Rohingya refugee arrivals crossing the border from Myanmar

Thousands of Rohingya refugees fleeing Myanmar crossing the Naf River border through rice paddies into Bangladesh near Anjuman Para village, Palong Khali, Bangladesh, October 16, 2017. Over 500,000 Rohingya refugees have fled to Bangladesh since the outbreak of violence in Myanmar in August. The UN High Commisioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, has described the situation as seeming to be a ‘textbook example of ethnic cleansing.’

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Thousands of Rohingya refugees fleeing Myanmar crossing the Naf River border through rice paddies into Bangladesh near Anjuman Para village, Palong Khali, Bangladesh, October 16, 2017. Over 500,000 Rohingya refugees have fled to Bangladesh since the outbreak of violence in Myanmar in August. The UN High Commisioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, has described the situation as seeming to be a ‘textbook example of ethnic cleansing.’