Eight countries push UN to take up Myanmar Rohingya crisis
Britain, France, the United States and five other countries asked the UN Security Council to discuss the fate of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees driven from Myanmar, diplomats said.
The council will hold a meeting on Tuesday to hear UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi report on the crisis sparked by an army crackdown in Myanmar’s Rakhine state in August.
Sweden, Poland, the Netherlands, Kazakhstan and Equatorial Guinea requested the talks along with the three permanent council members.
The meeting comes nearly three months after the council adopted a statement demanding that Myanmar rein in its security forces and allow the Rohingya to return to their homes.
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