More than 400,000 Rohingya refugees have fled into Bangladesh since late August during violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state. Recent satellite images released by Amnesty International provided evidence that security forces were trying to push the minority Muslim group out of the country. According to reports, the Rohingya crisis has left at least 1,000 people dead, including children and infants. Dozens of Rohingya Muslims drowned when their ill-equipped, overloaded boat capsized in rough waters

Source: The Guardian September 17, 2017 22:26 UTC