Buddhist Myanmar: Muslim Minority and Rohingya Refugees

buddhist myanmar: Rohingya villages targets of 'systematic burnings' by Myanmar security forces, Amnesty International says Trudeau presses Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi on violence against Muslim minority Nearly 400,000 Rohingyas, a Muslim minority fleeing a brutal crackdown by the Burmese security forces in predominantly Buddhist Myanmar, also known as Burma, have crossed the border with Bangladesh since the latest flare-up of violence on Aug. 25, according to CBC. That's on top of 400,000 Rohingya refugees who were already in Bangladesh. The Canadian funding announcement follows an urgent appeal by the office of the UN Resident Co-ordinator in Bangladesh last week, calling for 77 million US to help humanitarian agencies operating in Cox's Bazar, in eastern Bangladesh, to assist people who have fled violence in Myanmar's Rakhine state, where many of the Rohingyas have lived for generations. Canada 'deeply concerned' Canada remains deeply concerned about the violence in Rakhine state and the displacement of more than 375,000 people into Bangladesh since late August, International Development Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau said in a statement. Danish Siddiqui/Reuters The support Canada is announcing today will help partners provide life-saving assistance to people fleeing violence. Rohingya refugees reach for aid distributed by local organizations at Balukhali makeshift refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, on Sept. 14. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.