Birmanie – Plus de 400 000 Rohingyas ont déjà fui

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BirmaniePlus de 400 000 Rohingyas ont déjà fui

Le HCR lance un cri d'alarme sur la situation humanitaire des réfugiés rohingyas qui ont quitté la Birmanie.

Rohingya Muslim man Mohammed Siddiq (centre L) and members of his family collect items at a dump yard that they can sell at scrap market in the old city of Hyderabad on June 29, 2016. More than 1,200 Rohingya Muslims fleeing sectarian violence in Myanmar have settled in crammed quarters and makeshift shelters in the old city in Hyderabad, in the southern Indian state of Telangana. The Rohingyas have been described by the United Nations as one of the world's most persecuted minorities. They have fled Myanmar in their thousands in recent years as hardline monks and Buddhist nationalists fiercely oppose moves to recognise them as an official minority and insist on calling them "Bengalis" -- shorthand for illegal migrants from the border with Bangladesh. / AFP PHOTO / NOAH SEELAM

Rohingya Muslim man Mohammed Siddiq (centre L) and members of his family collect items at a dump yard that they can sell at scrap market in the old city of Hyderabad on June 29, 2016.
More than 1,200 Rohingya Muslims fleeing sectarian violence in Myanmar have settled in crammed quarters and makeshift shelters in the old city in Hyderabad, in the southern Indian state of Telangana. The Rohingyas have been described by the United Nations as one of the world's most persecuted minorities. They have fled Myanmar in their thousands in recent years as hardline monks and Buddhist nationalists fiercely oppose moves to recognise them as an official minority and insist on calling them "Bengalis" -- shorthand for illegal migrants from the border with Bangladesh. / AFP PHOTO / NOAH SEELAM

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Le seuil des 400 000 réfugiés rohingyas ayant fui depuis trois semaines au Bangladesh les violences en Birmanie, a été franchi, a annoncé ce samedi l'ONU. «Selon nos estimations, 409 000 réfugiés rohingyas sont arrivés au Bangladesh depuis le 25 août», a annoncé Joseph Tripua, du Haut commissariat aux réfugiés (HCR) de l'ONU.

«Les besoins sont sans fin et les gens souffrent de plus en plus», met en garde la porte-parole de l'Unicef Marixie Mercado. Samedi, l'Organisation mondiale de la santé (OMS) a commencé à vacciner les enfants, qui représentent 60% des réfugiés, contre la rougeole et la rubéole notamment.

En trois semaines, le sud du Bangladesh, frontalier de la Birmanie, s'est transformé en un des plus grands camps de réfugiés du monde à mesure que les réfugiés rohingyas fuient la Birmanie, entraînant une dégradation de la situation humanitaire. Et l'aide peine à se structurer.

(L'essentiel/nxp/ats)

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