Thousands more Rohingya cross border into Bangladesh

Thousands of Rohingya are continuing to flee violence and persecution in Burma and crossing into Bangladesh.

Thousands more Rohingya cross border into Bangladesh

Thousands of Rohingya are continuing to flee violence and persecution in Burma and crossing into Bangladesh, where more than half a million others are already living in squalid and overcrowded camps, according to witnesses and drone footage shot by the UN office for refugees.

The UNHCR video shot Monday shows thousands of Rohingya trudging along a narrow strip of land alongside what appears to a rain-swollen river in the Palong Khali area in southern Bangladesh.

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