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Pictures show plight of Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims

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About 146,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled from violence in Myanmar bringing the total number of refugees to 233,000 since October.

Myanmar has come under pressure from countries with large Muslim populations to stop violence against the Muslim Rohingya.

At least 400 people were killed in the deadliest bout of violence targeting the minority group in decades.

Dhaka says the Rohingya are not welcome and has told border guards to push back those trying to enter the country illegally. But a huge number of Rohingya have crossed into Bangladesh in just 10 days, joining more than 400,000 others already living there in cramped makeshift camps.

These camps lack the basic facilities of life and the community has to live in inhumane conditions.

These pictures show their endless plight which has shaken the Muslim community and humanitarians alike.

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Smoke billows above what is believed to be a burning village in Burma’s Rakhine state as members of the Rohingya minority take shelter in a no-man’s land between Bangladesh and Burma, in Ukhia on September 4, 2017- AFP
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Rohingya refugees from Myanmar’s Rakhine state shelter in a makeshift tent after arriving at a refugee camp near the Bangladeshi town of Teknaf on September 5, 2017- AFP
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The debris of burned-out houses in Maungdaw township in Rakhine state. Refugees arriving in Bangladesh have said their homes were destroyed by government troops. The government denies the accusations and says they burned their own homes Photograph: STR/AFP/Getty Images
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Children pass their belongings over the border fence as they try to enter Bangladesh in Bandarban Photograph: Reuters
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Rohingya children rest at a temporary shelter in Sittwe- AFP
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Rohingya refugees from Myanmar’s Rakhine state arrive near the Khanchon border crossing near the Bangladeshi town of Teknaf on September 5, 2017.

 

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Rohingya refugees from Myanmar’s Rakhine state wait for aid at Kutupalong refugee camp in the Bangladeshi town of Teknaf on September 5, 2017.- AFP

 

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A Rohingya refugee from Myanmar’s Rakhine state holds a baby after arriving at a refugee camp near the Bangladeshi town of Teknaf on September 5, 2017.-AFP
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Displaced Rohingya women and children sit in a makeshift shelter in a mountain in Ukhia, a no-man’s land between Bangladesh and Burma, on September 4, 2017-AFP
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A Rohingya refugee girl cooks a meal near Balukhali, in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, on September 4, 2017-Reuters
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Rohingya families spend the night outdoors at Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh- PIC COURTESY: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
A member of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) tells a Rohingya girl not to come on Bangladesh side, in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, August 27, 2017- Reuters
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