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Monsoon Storm: Vietnam War and Rohingya Muslims

monsoon storm: The little boy was crying out louder than he ever had in his life, according to Toronto Star. He did not know how to swim. It was raining, and a fierce monsoon storm had transformed the sky and the sea into a kaleidoscope of grey shadows that was impossible to escape. Papa! Papa! Help Me! Papaaaaa. They were part of the largest human exodus in Asia since the Vietnam War a colossal tide of more than 500,000 Rohingya Muslims whose homes had been torched by Buddhist mobs and soldiers. Just moments before, they had huddled together in the relative safety of a small fishing boat filled with refugees from Burma that was bound for Bangladesh. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.