Crisis of Humanity Rohingya Myanmar

Yangon, Crisis in Rakhine State, Myanmar has the potential to become a humanitarian crisis. Currently, at least more than 6000 Rohingyas are stranded on the border between Bangladesh and Myanmar after fleeing from the battlefield of Rakhine. They live without certainty after the authorities in Bangladesh, forbade them entering the country.

   The shacks they had built on the border were being torn down by border guards. A number of refugees are separated from their relatives. "I went to the toilet when the border guards drove my parents away, where can I find them now?" Marimum said the Rohingya girl, in tears as she was separated from her parents.

   Since then the flow of refugees has been steadily increasing as the fighting between Myanmar's army and Ruhingya militants in the Rohingya community camps. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said at least 5200 Rohingyas crossed into Bangladesh. However, most of them have been stopped at the border.

   They were not allowed into the territory of Bangladesh despite the continuing battles in Rakhine. A Bangladeshi border official said, estimated more than 10,000 other Rohingyas, are in uncertainty and danger. They are believed to be hiding in the hills and forests.

   As a note, since skirmish conflicts erupted in border areas, including attacks on police stations in Maungdauw late last year, the refugee camps at Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, were packed with Rohingya refugees. Currently around 400,000 Rohingyas live in camp tents and huts.

   Seeing the increasingly critical situation in Rakhine, UNCHR spokesman Andrian Edwards urged Bangladesh to open the border gate. The hope confirms the statement of UN Secretary-General Antoni Guterres asking Bangladesh to help the Rohingyas.