40 per cent of Rohingyas in Myanmar have fled to Bangladesh: UN
September 15, 2017 08:13
About 40 per cent of the total Rohingya population living in the Rakhine State of Myanmar have now fled to Bangladesh, the UN has said.
Since August 25, the number of Rohingya refugees who have crossed the border from Myanmar into Bangladesh has now reached 389,000, Stephane Dujarric, spokesman to the UN Secretary General told reporters at the UN headquarters in New York.
"In the last 24 hours alone, 10,000 people reportedly crossed into Bangladesh. Combined with those who fled during the last round of violence in Rakhine State last October, it is estimated that some 40 per cent of the total Rohingya population living in Rakhine state have now fled into Bangladesh," he said.
UNICEF has trucks filled with emergency water, sanitation and hygiene supplies for thousands of Rohingya children heading to Cox's Bazar, with a steady stream of supplies in the pipeline for the coming days and weeks, he said.
It is estimated that 60 per cent of Rohingya refugees arriving in Bangladesh are children, he added.
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