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29 Sept 2017

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Thousands of orphaned children are crossing to Bangladesh

Rohingya children flee Myanmar after brutal military crackdown

Following a brutal military crackdown in Myanmar that the United Nations is calling "ethnic cleansing", children that have been devastated by the violent deaths of their parents are fleeing into Bangladesh.

Described by the United Nations in 2013 as one of the most persecuted minorities in the world, the Rohingya population is denied citizenship under the 1982 Myanmar nationality law.

Source: http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2017/09/rohingya-children-recall-horror-losing-parents-170923101726789.html

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