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dateline: 18 October 2017

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Rohingya Muslims Continue To Flee Myanmar

Pre-Listening Vocabulary

  • flee: run away; escape
  • refugee: a person who escapes his/her homeland due to war or other dangers
  • starvation: the state of not having enough food to survive
  • ethnic cleansing: the effort to remove or kill an entire race or culture
  • predominantly: mainly
  • deny: to not allow

Rohingya Muslims Continue To Flee Myanmar

Thousands of Rohingya Muslims continue to from Rakhine State in Myanmar (Burma) in the world’s fastest growing humanitarian crisis. In the past eight weeks, over half a Rohingya have fled to giant refugee camps in Bangladesh to escape and starvation in their villages. According to the UN, the Rohingya are victims of ethnic cleansing. The government of the predominantly Buddhist nation has denied the Rohingya .

Comprehension Questions

  1. Approximately how many Rohingya have fled in the past two months?
  2. What has the UN called this crisis?
  3. What did the Myanmar government deny the Rohingya people?

Discussion Questions

What should other nations and humanitarian organizations do to address this humanitarian crisis?

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Tara Benwell is a Canadian freelance writer and editor who specializes in materials and articles for the ELT industry.
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