Dozens of rickety shelters dot the fields surrounding the town of Gundum, where Rohingya refugees first started arriving last week. Numbering about 1.1 million, there are now estimated to be more than 400,000 Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. In response, security forces launched a “clearance operation”, supported by Buddhist militias that Rohingya refugees say are intent on driving them out of the country. The soldiers said that every night the Myanmar border police came down to the fence to observe the camp. The Rohingya say that with greater support they could begin to push back against the Myanmar military.

Source: The Guardian September 02, 2017 19:52 UTC