'Untenable': Nearly one million Rohingya refugees now in Bangladesh as Myanmar exodus continues
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Rohingya refugees arrive to the Bangladeshi side of the Naf river after crossing the border from Myanmar, Bangladesh, on Oct 16, 2017.
PHOTO: REUTERS
GENEVA (REUTERS) - Nearly one million Rohingya refugees who have fled violence in Myanmar are now in Bangladesh, which is an "untenable situation", Bangladesh told a UN meeting on Monday (Oct 23).
Mr Shameem Ahsan, Bangladesh's ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva, told a donors' meeting that his country was pursuing efforts with Myanmar to find a "durable solution" to the crisis.
But Myanmar continued to issue "propaganda projecting Rohingyas as illegal immigrants from Bangladesh".
