They are caught between the junta and a powerful ethnic army.
NAYPYITAW – Myanmar’s Muslim-minority Rohingya community is once again under the threat of attacks and displacement as fighting between a powerful ethnic army and the country’s ruling junta escalates in the western state of Rakhine, according to the United Nations and aid agencies.
The Rohingya have faced decades of persecution and, after a 2017 crackdown by the military, nearly one million fled to Bangladesh, where many now live in crowded refugee camps. Recent fighting has forced some 45,000 Rohingya to flee to an area along the Naf River on the border, according to a UN estimate.
The agency estimates that over 350,000 people are displaced across Rakhine after years of conflict, many of whom do not have access to basic services.
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