救援團體爲逃離若開邦暴力的難民處境感到擔心
International refugee agencies and relief workers in Bangladesh and Myanmar are concerned about worsening conditions for the thousands of people who have fled sectarian violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state.
Vivian Tan, the Asia press director for the U.N. refugee agency, is in Bangladesh and told VOA’s Burmese service that there is a shortage of shelter for the more than 18,000 people who have fled over the border from Myanmar.
The International Organization for Migration and other aid groups have told VOA’s Bangla service that as many as 20,000 more people are staged just inside Myanmar, hoping to enter Bangladesh.
In Myanmar, some communities are packed with internally displaced people, and relief workers fear that the lack of food safety and personal hygiene facilities could spread infectious diseases, a VOA journalist reported.
People began flowing out of their villages in Rakhine on August 25, after a group of Muslim insurgents launched a series of attacks on police posts. There are reports that Myanmar security authorities responded with brutal raids on Rohingya villages.
The attacks, the worst violence in the region in at least five years, sent both Rohingya, who are Muslims, and people from the Buddhist majority scrambling for safety.孟加拉國和緬甸的國際難民機構和救援工作者爲數以千計逃離緬甸若開邦宗派暴力的難民處境的惡化感到擔心。
聯合國難民署亞洲新聞負責人在孟加拉國告訴美國之音緬甸語組說，從緬甸越境逃難的1萬8千多人如今面臨住房短缺的問題。
國際移民組織等援助團體告訴美國之音孟加拉語組說，緬甸邊境一側還有多達2萬人，希望能進入孟加拉國。
美國之音記者報道說，緬甸國內的一些社區也擠滿了逃難的人，援助工作者擔心，缺少食物安全保障和個人衛生設施會造成傳染病的肆虐。
若開邦的村民從8月25日開始外出逃難。此前，一羣穆斯林反叛武裝對警察哨所發動了一系列襲擊。有報道說，緬甸保安當局對羅興亞人的村莊進行粗暴突襲，以示迴應。
這一輪襲擊是過去至少五年來該地區發生的最嚴重的暴力事件，讓信仰伊斯蘭教的羅興亞人和緬甸占人口多數的佛教徒紛紛棄家出逃。
