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Tuesday 12 June 2012
Bangladesh turns away Myanmar's Muslim Rohingya
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Myanmar's Muslim Rohingya people on a boat cross the river Naf, from Myanmar into Bangladesh, in Teknaf, 11 June 2012
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By Jan van der Made

Bangladesh border guards have turned back eight boats carrying more than 300 Rohingya Muslims, most of them women and children fleeing religious violence in Myanmar. Coastguard said they were trying to enter Bangladesh through the Naf river which acts as a border between the two nations. RFI spoke to Chris Leka, a leading researcher into the ongoing plight of the Rohingya people.

tags : Bangladesh - Ethnic violence - Muslim - Myanmar
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