On the eve of World Refugee Day on 20 June, Misha Hussain visited Rohingya refugees fleeing to Bangladesh. Over 90,000 have been displaced due to violence between Muslim Rohingya and Rakhine Buddhists in Burma, according to the UN. But the Bangladesh
foreign minister, Dipu Moni, said her country is not obliged to take in the refugees as it is not a signatory of the 1951 refugee convention. Aung San Suu Kyi, the Burmese opposition leader, said this week she 'didn't know' if the Rohingya could be regarded as Burmese citizens
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