Rohingya refugees feel at home in Chennai

Chennai | Thursday | 15th August, 2019

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KV Navya ByExpress News ServiceIn 1935, the Anglo-Indians received a unique identity in a foreign land and 77 years later Rohingya refugees found shelter, too. Fleeing to IndiaThe Rohingya conflict is an ongoing one in northern Rakhine state, Myanmar, characterised by sectarian violence between the Rohingya Muslims and Rakhine Buddhist communities, a military crackdown on Rohingya civilians by Myanmar’s security forces. Thousands of Rohingya Muslims have been killed and many women and children raped since the conflict broke out in 2012. “A few mediators who helped Rohingya Muslims escape, helped us travel to Chennai, New Delhi and Hyderabad. Despite the refugees fleeing to Chennai, New Delhi and Hyderabad, they say the conditions are only better here..