Number of Rohingya Refugees Fleeing Myanmar for Bangladesh Reaches 391,000: IOM
TEHRAN (Tasnim) - The number of Rohingya refugees who have fled from Myanmar to Bangladesh has reached 391,000, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Friday.
"Estimated new arrivals have reached 391,000 and there is no sign of the flow of people drying up, as smoke from burning villages in Myanmar’s North Rakhine State remains clearly visible from the Cox’s Bazar district [of Bangladesh]," the press service said in a statement.
The IOM noted that thousands of the new arrivals were on the way toward makeshift settlements on the border, being "exhausted, hungry and often traumatized by the violence that they have seen."
They are forced to exist there in extreme living conditions, often with no food and clean water or basic services, according to the press release, Sputnik reported.
