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UN: More than 2 million new refugees this year, including 500 thousand Rohingyas

8 October 2017

Arakan News Agency
More than 2 million people fleeing war or persecution have joined the ranks of refugees this year, including more than 500,000 Rohingya Muslims who have fled violence in Myanmar to Bangladesh in the last five weeks, and many of the stateless Rohingya refugees, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said. .

“They usually reach with patients suffering from trauma and hunger, affected by poverty and lack of development. Many in need of urgent protection .. Children separated from their families, women and girls who have been subjected to sexual violence. “

Grandi expressed concern that the refugee issue was increasingly being used in domestic politics.

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