10 things you need to know about the Rohingya crisis

Rohingya crisis is now in its worst form with more than 300,000 people fleeing from Myanmar to Bangladesh in just two weeks.

Rohingya refugees fleeing from Myanmar to Bangladesh. Source: Photo by Khalsa Aid

Myanmar's 'Rohingya issue' is a regional refugee crisis that went from bad to worse recently.

Burma also known as Myanmar is a Buddhist-majority nation in Southeast Asia.

More than 1 million Rohingya are estimated to live in the country.

The Rohingya are mostly a Bengali-speaking Muslim minority community. 

In the last two weeks, more than 300,000 people have fled from Myanmar to Bangladesh.

There are reports of burning of villages and extrajudicial killing in Myanmar's western Rakhine state, which is home to Rohingya community. 

More than 300,000 Rohingya refugees on the Bangladesh-Myanmar border are now facing severe food shortages.

The refugees fleeing into Bangladesh are in need of urgent assistance including food, shelter, clothing and medical attention.  

NGO Khalsa Aid described the situation as the worst form of ‘human crisis’.

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