Rohingya crisis worsens 8 years on, UN warns


FILE PHOTO: Rohingya refugees are reflected in rain water along an embankment next to paddy fields after fleeing from Myanmar into Palang Khali, near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh November 2, 2017. - Reuters

ISTANBUL: Eight years after their mass displacement from Rakhine State in Myanmar, the Rohingya community is facing worsening conditions inside the country and in exile, a UN spokesman said Friday (Aug 22), Anadolu Ajansi reported.

"Eight years since their forced mass displacement from Rakhine State, Rohingya people in and outside Myanmar are facing a further deterioration of their already dire circumstances," said Stephane Dujarric.

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