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Disputes over Rohingya identity continue in Bangladesh

Tuesday, 26 September 2017 6:20 PM [ Last Update: Tuesday, 26 September 2017 6:21 PM ]

Rohingya Muslim refugees wait for food to be distributed by the Bangladeshi army at Balukhali refugee camp near Gumdhum on September 26, 2017. (AFP)

Johnny Miller
Press TV, Cox's Bazar

Nearly 500,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled the ethnic cleansing in Myanmar to take refuge in neighboring Bangladesh. The Myanmar government denies the minority group citizenship and even their right to be called Rohingya. But as our reporter, Johnny Miller has found out, the dispute over their identity continues in Bangladesh.

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