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Refugee Camp: React-Text Dr and Zaid Al-Rawni

refugee camp: Bangladesh is now hosting the largest refugee camp in the world, said Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of International Development, according to Toronto Star. Two months into the crisis, over 900,000 Rohingya and other minorities have fled the violence in Burma also known as Myanmar with some estimates suggesting the number has crossed a million. These donations will be made to the Myanmar Crisis Relief Fund. Close to 70 per cent of these refugees are women and children, said Zaid Al-Rawni, CEO of Islamic Relief Canada, who was representing the Humanitarian Coalition at the government's announcement on Tuesday. Article Continued Below It will have a real impact on the ground, and it will save lives, said Al-Rawni at the announcement. react-text 161 Dr. The seven member collation, consisting of Canadian Lutheran World Relief, CARE Canada, Islamic Relief Canada, Oxfam Canada, Oxfam-Qu bec, Plan Canada and Save the Children Canada, are celebrating the government's decision. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.