Rohingya flee to Bangladesh despite repatriation deal

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2018-01-23T09:20:46+05:00

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.

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