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Myanmar Muslim refugees facing extreme hardship in India

By Munawar Zaman Press TV May 5, 2014 The Rohingya refugees who have fled Myanmar over increasing violence against them are facing a humanitarian crisis at camps in India, Press TV reports. Hundreds of Rohingya refugees are camping out on the outskirts of the Indian capital, New Delhi. A Press TV correspondent who visited one of the camps in New Delhi says the refugees suffer from lack of food and medicine. The hardship faced by the Rohingya refugees seems to be so severe that even the aid program by the United Nations refugee agency cannot alleviate it. “We are facing extreme hardship especially when someone gets sick. In recent weeks, we lost one of our brothers due to lack of medical help,” Mohamad Haroon, a refugee, told Press TV. Sakuara Begum, a woman refugee, also said, “We don’t get help from anyone. We are facing extreme hardship. My father died recently as he was sick and we couldn’t afford medicine for him. We are in desperate need of food and medicine for