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Burmese Refugees in Bangladesh Face Starvation

HeadlineMar 09, 2010

Tens of thousands of Burmese refugees are facing starvation in neighboring Bangladesh while living in refugee camps that have been described as open-air prisons. The group Physicians for Human Rights faulted Bangladesh authorities for “arbitrary arrests, illegal expulsion, and forced internment” of Burmese refugees.

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