In the next three months for the needs of refugees will require about 18 million dollars. At least 123,000 Rohingi Muslims fleeing the bloody riots in Myanmar fled across the border to neighboring Bangladesh. Camps for refugees are filled to capacity, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. According to the UN, in Bangladesh across the border every day new thousands of Rohingja arrive. According to many of them, they fled for several days, getting under fire. The World Organization appealed to the world community for urgent assistance to refugees. According to UN estimates, about $ 18 million will be needed in the next three months, tents, blankets, food and medicine will also be needed. In Myanmar, Rakhine has more than one million Rohingid Muslims. For many decades, they have been discriminated against in a country where the majority of the population professes Buddhism. Many of Rohinj have no passports and are not considered citizens of the country.
Since the end of August, clashes between Buddhists and Muslims have not stopped in Rakhine. As a result, nearly 400 people were killed, mostly Muslims. As reported by Correspondent. net, on August 25 as a result of an attack by Islamic militants on 30 police checkpoints in Myanmar and attempts to break through to a military base, 12 law enforcers. About 60 militants were liquidated. In total, the attack involved more than a thousand people. Source: Russian Service Deutsche Welle.
Original article: More than 120 thousand Muslims fled Myanmar.