Rohingya refugees wait for humanitarian aid to be distributed at the Balu Khali refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh October 5, 2017. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain
DHAKA (Reuters) - Hard-pressed to find space for a massive influx of Rohingya Muslim refugees, Bangladesh plans to chop down forest trees to extend a tent city sheltering destitute families fleeing ethnic violence in neighbouring Myanmar.
More than half a million Rohingya have arrived from Myanmar's western state of Rakhine since the end of August in what the United Nations has called the world's fastest-developing refugee emergency.
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