Bangladesh has intensified its border security as approximately 18,000 Rohingya Muslims have recently fled to escape escalating violence in Myanmar\u2019s Rakhine state, officials in Dhaka said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This surge is due to ongoing clashes between Myanmar\u2019s military junta and the Arakan Army, an ethnic group from the Buddhist majority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to reports, many more Rohingya are waiting to cross the border, further straining Bangladesh\u2019s capacity, which already hosts over a million Rohingya refugees in overcrowded camps in Cox\u2019s Bazar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Despite heightened vigilance, Bangladesh finds it challenging to manage its 271 km border with Myanmar, especially without cooperation from Myanmar\u2019s side.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Bangladesh has intensified its border security as approximately 18,000 Rohingya Muslims have recently fled to escape escalating violence in Myanmar\u2019s Rakhine state, officials in Dhaka said. This surge is due to ongoing clashes between Myanmar\u2019s military junta and the Arakan Army, an ethnic group from the Buddhist majority. According to reports, many more Rohingya are …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":110907,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"yes","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[6067,31],"tags":[164,3126],"class_list":["post-110905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bangladesh","category-news","tag-bangladesh","tag-rohingya-refugees"],"yoast_head":"\n