COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh (AP) – The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees says the exodus of Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar to Bangladesh is “the most urgent refugee emergency in the world” right now.
Filipo Grandi told reporters in the Bangladeshi town of Cox’s Bazar on Sunday that the magnitude of the needs of the more than 430,000 people who have fled terrible violence in Myanmar is enormous and that the international community must step up aid to Bangladesh if the nation is to be able to help the refugees.
The latest round of violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state erupted when a Rohingya insurgent group launched deadly attacks on security posts Aug. 25, prompting Myanmar’s military to launch “clearance operations” to root out the rebels.
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi visits a school that has been turned to a temporary camp for newly arrived Rohingya Muslims at Kutupalong, Bangladesh, Saturday, Sept. 23, 2017. More than 400,000 ethnic Rohingya Muslims have poured into Bangladesh since the latest wave of violence exploded in their nearby home of Myanmar last month. The crisis has drawn global condemnation, with the United Nations and human rights groups calling on Myanmar to end what they describe as a systematic campaign of ethnic cleansing. (AP Photo/Ziaul Haque Oisharjh)
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi, center, interacts with Rohingya Muslim children at Kutupalong, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, Saturday, Sept. 23, 2017. More than 400,000 ethnic Rohingya Muslims have poured into Bangladesh since the latest wave of violence exploded in their nearby home of Myanmar last month. The crisis has drawn global condemnation, with the United Nations and human rights groups calling on Myanmar to end what they describe as a systematic campaign of ethnic cleansing. (AP Photo/Ziaul Haque Oisharjh)
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi, center, visits newly arrived Rohingya Muslims at Kutupalong refugee camp, Bangladesh, Saturday, Sept. 23, 2017. More than 400,000 ethnic Rohingya Muslims have poured into Bangladesh since the latest wave of violence exploded in their nearby home of Myanmar last month. The crisis has drawn global condemnation, with the United Nations and human rights groups calling on Myanmar to end what they describe as a systematic campaign of ethnic cleansing. (AP Photo/Ziaul Haque Oisharjh)
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi gives an interview standing on a newly made bamboo bridge at Kutupalong, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, Saturday, Sept. 23, 2017. More than 400,000 ethnic Rohingya Muslims have poured into Bangladesh since the latest wave of violence exploded in their nearby home of Myanmar last month. The crisis has drawn global condemnation, with the United Nations and human rights groups calling on Myanmar to end what they describe as a systematic campaign of ethnic cleansing. (AP Photo/Ziaul Haque Oisharjh)
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi, center, visits newly arrived Rohingya Muslims at Kutupalong refugee camp, Bangladesh, Saturday, Sept. 23, 2017. More than 400,000 ethnic Rohingya Muslims have poured into Bangladesh since the latest wave of violence exploded in their nearby home of Myanmar last month. The crisis has drawn global condemnation, with the United Nations and human rights groups calling on Myanmar to end what they describe as a systematic campaign of ethnic cleansing. (AP Photo/Ziaul Haque Oisharjh)
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