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Thousands of Rohingya Muslims Flee Violence in Burma (28 photos)

The United Nations refugee agency reports that 123,000 people—mostly Rohingya Muslims—have fled into Bangladesh since August 25, escaping a new round of violence in Burma’s western Rakhine state. The refugees have walked for days, after a series of Rohingya insurgent attacks on Burmese police were met with a strong government response, and the burning of thousands of homes. The Rohingya are a stateless Muslim minority living in parts of a hostile and overwhelmingly Buddhist Burma. U.N. officials say their relief camps are reaching full capacity as thousands of refugees continue to cross into Bangladesh.

A Rohingya family reaches the Bangladesh border after crossing a creek of the Naf river, on the border with Burma, near the town of Cox’s Bazar, on September 5, 2017. (Bernat Armangue / AP)
https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2017/09/thousands-of-rohingya-muslims-flee-violence-in-burma/538875/