The crisis of the Rohingya Muslims: Myanmar cancels diplomat’s visit to Arakan province

Arakan News Agency
The United Nations said Myanmar authorities had canceled a planned visit to Arakan province, which had displaced hundreds of thousands.
The visit would be the first by UN officials since the outbreak of violence on Aug. 25th.
United Nations relief workers were forced to withdraw after the army attacked Rohingya Muslims.
A spokesman for the United Nations told the BBC that the international organization had not received a clarification about the incident.
The United Nations has pressed for permission to visit Arakan province to investigate the displacement of more than 400,000 Rohingya Muslims from the region.
The Rohingya Muslims, who crossed the border into Bangladesh and Myanmar, accuse the army, backed by Buddhist crowds, of trying to force them out of the province by beating, killing and burning villages.
Press reports confirm that many villages have been destroyed.
Humanitarian organizations say that in addition to those displaced to Bangladesh, there are many who have been displaced elsewhere in the region, and hundreds of thousands are not getting food.
Rohingya, a predominantly Muslim minority, is denied citizenship because Myanmar considers them illegal immigrants.
Arakan province has a Buddhist majority, and domestic violence has erupted more than once in the past.
UN spokesman Stéphane Dujarric said Wednesday before canceling the visit that UN agency directors would participate in the visit, which he hoped would be the line