Rohingya refugee exodus grows 

International pressure is mounting on Myanmar to end violence that has sent nearly 400,000 Rohingya Muslims fleeing to Bangladesh, which is calling for safe zones to enable refugees to go home

BANGLADESH
Dhaka
Enlarged map
Bay of Bengal
INDIA
MY ANMAR
Naypyidaw
Yangon
200km 
125 miles

BANGLADESH
Refugee movement
20km 12 miles
MYANMAR
RAKHINE

Cox’s Bazar
Kutupalong 
Nayapara
Maungdaw 
Buthidaung 
Rathedaung
RAKHINE 
Refugee camps
Area affected by violence since Aug 25

REFUGEES FLEEING MYANMAR FOR BANGLADESH
(UN cumulative data, thousands, Aug 27-Sep 12)

Aug 25: Rohingya militants launch series of coordinated attacks, prompting military-led crackdown

Myanmar’s military says it is fighting Rohingya militants and denies it is targeting civilians

Sep 11: UN human rights 164 chief Zeid Raad al-Hussein brands security operation in Rakhine as “textbook example of ethnic 87 cleansing” 

3 8.7 18.5 38 60 73 87 123 146 164 270 290 294 313 Sep 12: 370,000


25 26 27 28 29 30 31   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 
       AUGUST                  SEPTEMBER

Sources: Human Rights Watch, UNHCR, ERCC Picture: Getty Images © GRAPHIC NEWS