Myanmar's 'ethnic cleansing' of Rohingya continues, U.N. rights official says

A man walks between a rice field and the shacks of Rohingya refugees living on the land of Bangladeshi farmer Jorina Katun near the Kutapalong refugee camp in the Cox's Bazar district of Bangladesh February 9, 2018. REUTERS/Andrew RC Marshall

YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar's "ethnic cleansing" of Rohingya Muslims is continuing, a senior U.N. human rights official said on Tuesday, more than six months after insurgent attacks sparked a security response that has driven nearly 700,000 people into Bangladesh.

Andrew Gilmour, the U.N. assistant secretary-general for human rights, made the comment after a four-day visit to the Cox's Bazar district in neighbouring Bangladesh, where he met people who have fled from Myanmar recently.