Rohingya flee to Bangladesh despite repatriation deal
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Rohingya refugees are continuing to flee from Myanmar into Bangladesh even after the two countries said they will begin repatriating members of the minority ethnic group next week.
A Bangladesh official said in Dhaka on Friday that more than 650,000 Rohingya Muslims poured into Bangladesh after Myanmar's military launched a brutal crackdown against them in August last year.
Myanmar and Bangladesh signed an agreement in November on repatriating Rohingya refugees.