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According to the fire department, at least five adults and two children died in a large fire at a camp with hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. Dozens more people were injured, a fire department spokesman said Tuesday. Consequently, firefighters were able to extinguish the flames Tuesday night after hours of fighting. The cause of the fire has yet to be determined.
More than 9,500 Rohingya refugees from Myanmar were made homeless by the fire, said the head of the Bangladesh refugee agency. According to a report by the High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the flames destroyed medical centers and supply points as well as accommodation.
Hundreds of thousands of members of Myanmar’s predominantly Buddhist Muslim minority fled military violence to neighboring Muslim Bangladesh in 2017. They live in camps there. The United Nations calls his persecution in his homeland, Myanmar, ongoing genocide.
Many Rohingya citizens lost their citizenship in Myanmar through a 1983 law. The Myanmar military, which recently returned to power after a coup, is under international fire for persecution. Many Rohingya want to return to their homeland.
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