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Through a lens: The Rohingya, and the scourge of statelessness
By Francis Wade at June 21, 2012 | 5:51 pm | 0 Comment
The UN reports that sectarian violence over the past fortnight in western Burma has displaced 90,000 people. The figure is higher than the total for Kachin state in Burma’s north, which for more than a year has played host to armed conflict. Bangladesh continues to block entry to those fleeing the unrest, the vast majority of whom are from the ethnic Rohingya group – more...
