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Rohingya: Rohingya Muslims and Myanmar

rohingya: He still has family in Myanmar and over the past two weeks, they have called regularly as more than 370,000 refugees have poured out of Myanmar and into Bangladesh, according to CBC. Myanmar faces mounting international pressure as Rohingya Muslims flee violence Hundreds decry violence against Rohingya Muslims at Ottawa protest When they talk to my mom, they say, 'Please forgive us.' And my mom is like, 'Why are you asking for forgiveness You haven't done anything wrong.' They're like, 'We might not see the next daylight or we may not survive the next hour, so please forgive us because things are really serious here,' he told The Morning Edition host Craig Norris Wednesday. Ahmed Ullah was born in a refugee camp to Rohingya Muslim parents and came to Canada in 2009. Ullah said when he and his family left in 2009, things in the country were calming down. But now, Ullah said it's like reliving a nightmare. There was still ongoing violence, but people were not fleeing their homes. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.