COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh — Angelina Jolie on Tuesday urged Myanmar to show a genuine commitment to ending violence and displacement in its Rakhine state, where hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims have fled to neighbouring Bangladesh for safety. Jolie, a special envoy for the U.N.’s refugee agency, spoke as she visited sprawling camps in Bangladesh that are home to 1 million Rohingya refugees. And it cannot be left to shoulder the responsibility of hosting Rohingya refugees alone,” she said. Jolie said Myanmar must ensure safety for the Rohingya to return home. Most people in Buddhist-majority Myanmar do not accept that the Rohingya Muslims are a native ethnic group, viewing them as “Bengalis” who entered from Bangladesh centuries ago.

Source: National Post February 05, 2019 16:41 UTC