But Rohingya leaders told AFP an estimated 1,000 have still managed to get in over the last week. Myanmar troops have poured into a strip of land that is home to the stateless Muslim Rohingya minority since a series of attacks on police border posts last month. Witnesses and activists have reported troops killing Rohingya, raping women and looting and burning their houses. Commanders of the Border Guard Bangladesh said their troops had blocked nearly 300 Rohingya from crossing the border overnight, the highest number since the crisis began last month. "They told us that their houses were torched and they came here seeking safe shelter," said one border guard official.

Source: The Nation Bangkok November 22, 2016 07:39 UTC