Strong feelings: A demonstrator putting on a protest headband defending Myamar’s actions as nationalists rally against what they claim is bias in reporting by the United Nations, NGOs and international media organisations about the migrant crisis. — EPA
YANGON: Several hundred Myanmar nationalists protested in Yangon against mounting international pressure for Myanmar to stem the exodus of Muslim Rohingya migrants and aid those still stranded at sea.
Demonstrators, including Buddhist monks, shouted “Don’t insult our country!” and “There are no Rohingya in Myanmar” in angry chants aimed mainly at the United Nations.
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