Myanmar Rohingya make their way to Bangladesh seeking safety

Record ID: 909459

  • Title: Myanmar Rohingya make their way to Bangladesh seeking safety
  • Date: 7th September 2017
  • Summary: COX'S BAZAR, BANGLADESH (SEPTEMBER 6, 2017) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF ROHINGYA FAMILIES WALKING TOWARDS TEKNAF TOWN IN COX'S BAZAR VARIOUS OF ROHINGYA FAMILIES CARRYING THEIR BELONGINGS AND WALKING ON A BROKEN ROAD AID WORKERS GIVING BISCUITS TO CHILDREN MORE OF REFUGEES ON THE MOVE MAN CARRYING AN ELDERLY WOMAN ON HIS SHOULDERS VARIOUS OF VOLUNTEERS GIVING PACKETS OF ORAL SALINE POWDER TO THE REFUGEES MOTOR BOAT IN CANAL ROHINGYAS WALKING ALONG THE CANAL BANK BOY PULLING A MOTOR BOAT CARRYING ROHINGYA FAMILIES DURING LOW TIDE IN THE CANAL VARIOUS OF BOATS CARRYING ROHINGYAS BEING PUSHED/PULLED BOATS CARRYING PEOPLE PASSING BY VARIOUS OF REFUGEES CARRYING THEIR BELONGINGS AND WALKING A YOUNG MAN CARRYING HIS MOTHER ON HIS BACK (SOUNDBITE) (Bengali) ROHINGYA MAN, SALIM ULLAH, SAYING: "I am from Mangdu town of Burma, there they burned our houses. They are killing our people so we have come here, crossing the border." TWO MEN CARRYING THEIR ELDERLY MOTHERS ON THEIR BACKS MORE OF PEOPLE WALKING (SOUNDBITE) (Bengali) REFUGEE MARIUM KHATUN SAYING: "The military and 'mogs' (Rakhine Buddhists) are burning our houses. They made us leave our land. We could not tolerate their torture. We have fled and we have come here (to Bangladesh)." TWO MEN CARRYING A SICK WOMAN IN A BASKET MAN CARRYING WOMAN OVER HIS SHOULDER VARIOUS OF ROHINGYA FAMILIES IN BOATS/CROSSING THE CANAL REFUGEES WALKING MORE OF REFUGEES ON BOATS MAN BEING HELD ON BOAT WITH DOTS OF BLOOD ON CLOTH WOUND AROUND HEAD REFUGEES COMING TO SHORE ON BOATS
  • Embargoed: 21st September 2017 02:56
  • Keywords: Rohingya refugees Cox's Bazar boats children women being carried
  • Location: COX’S BAZAR, BANGLADESH
  • City: COX’S BAZAR, BANGLADESH
  • Country: Bangladesh
  • Topics: Asylum/Immigration/Refugees,Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA0016XLJFWN
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text:Carrying whatever they can and those who are not well enough to travel, more Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar made their way to Bangladesh on Wednesday(September 6), saying they were forced to leave their homes to escape violence.
    Reuters reporters in the Cox's Bazar region saw thousands of newly-arrived Rohingyas families making their way inland after crossing the Naf river bordering Myanmar.
    The World Food Programme (WFP) has said the number of refugees arriving in Bangladesh from Myanmar's Rakhine state since militant attacks there on Aug. 25 could reach up to 300,000.
    The surge of refugees, many sick or wounded, has strained the resources of aid agencies and communities helping hundreds of thousands from previous violence in Myanmar. Many have no shelter, and aid agencies are racing to provide water, sanitation and food.
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