A young Rohingya girl who fled the violemce in Myanmar searches for her relatives at a refugee camp in Bangladesh. - AFP/file
Dhaka (AFP) - At least 10,000 Rohingya have arrived in Bangladesh in recent weeks, fleeing violence in neighbouring Myanmar, the United Nations said on Wednesday.
"Based on reports by various humanitarian agencies, we estimate that there could be 10,000 new arrivals in recent weeks," said Vivian Tan, a spokeswoman for the UN refugee agency in Bangkok.
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