Rohingya crisis: Bangladesh will no longer take in Myanmar refugees
Occurred in Myanmar on Aug. 1, 2019 at 10:10 a.m.
Reported by Ko Min via Internet on Aug. 2, 2019 at 9:05 a.m.
Reported by Ko Min via Internet on Aug. 2, 2019 at 9:05 a.m.
# Bangladesh
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Bangladesh has told the UN Security Council it will stop accepting any more Rohingya Muslims who flee from Myanmar.
Foreign Secretary Shahidul Haque accused Myanmar of "hollow promises" during negotiations over returns.
More than 740,000 Rohingya are in camps in Bangladesh after they were driven out of Myanmar's Rakhine state during military crackdowns in 2016 and 2017.
The UN describes the crisis as ethnic cleansing. Myanmar denies persecuting the Rohingya, a stateless minority.
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