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Return Home: Children and Military-Led Violence

return home: Almost 60 per cent of the total refugees are children, and 60 babies are being born every day in camps in Bangladesh, according to The Chronicle Herald. Many children crossed the border into Bangladesh without a parent, according to UNICEF. They saw violence, dead bodies, burned homes while many saw their parents and family members killed in front of their eyes and their mothers and sisters raped. Some 700,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled Myanmar's Rakhine state since late August to escape military-led violence and are now seeking U.N. protection to return home. Children were also shot in their hands and legs. Chopra, who came to Bangladesh directly from London after attending the royal wedding of her American friend Meghan Markle on a four-day visit, visited camps in Cox's Bazar bordering Myanmar and passed time with the desperate children at safe homes, makeshift schools and helped them draw pictures of sunshine and hope. Many are recovering from psychological trauma. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.