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UN warns of violence against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar

The United Nations investigators said on September 16 that nearly 600,000 Rohingya Muslims remaining in Myanmar still face a serious risk of violence, warning that the repatriation of a million of this community remains "impossible".
UN warns of violence against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar ảnh 1Rohingya children in Bangladesh (Photo: AFP) 
Hanoi (VNA) – The United Nations investigatorssaid on September 16 that nearly 600,000 Rohingya Muslims remaining in Myanmarstill face a serious risk of violence, warning that the repatriation of amillion of this community remains "impossible".

Statistics show that from August 2017, rising violenceforced about 740,000 Rohingya people from Rakhine state to flee to Bangladesh,raising the total number of Myanmar refugees in Bangladesh to more than900,000.

Earlier on August 20, the UN Refugee Agency and Bangladeshiauthorities consulted over 3,000 Rohingya from Myanmar to determine cases inneed of repatriation. It was the second effort to bring home Rohingya Muslimswho fled to Bangladesh two years ago. Many refused to return home due toconcern over violence in the homeland.

According to the UN World Food Programme (WFP), 80 percentof Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh totally rely on food provided by the WFP.

The UN relief agencies spend 24 million USD each month tooffer food relief to around 900,000 Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh./.
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