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Myanmar: Refugee Exodus and Affairs Committee

myanmar: Eliot Engel, the top-ranking Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, contended that Myanmar authorities were committing genocide in Rakhine State, according to Metro News. He said it was stunning that the Trump administration has only designated one person from Myanmar over the bloody crackdown that caused a refugee exodus to Bangladesh. Rep. The United States imposed sanctions on Maung Maung Soe, who until last month was chief of the Myanmar army's Western command responsible for security operations in Rakhine. Katina Adams, a State Department spokeswoman for East Asia, said Friday the U.S. is continuing to consider options under U.S. and international law to help ensure that those responsible for ethnic cleansing and other atrocities face appropriate consequences. He was among 13 people worldwide punished Thursday under human rights legislation. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.