UNHCR on 'full alert' as 11,000 Rohingya flee in a day
Reuters | Updated: Oct 10, 2017, 15:37 IST
Rohingya refugees walk across a field after crossing the border in Palang Khali, Bangladesh
GENEVA: Bangladesh border guards reported more than 11,000 Rohingya refugees crossing into their country from Myanmar on Monday, the United Nations refugee agency said.
"We're back in a situation of full alert as far as influxes are concerned. It is a big increase to see 11,000," Adrian Edwards, spokesman for the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), told a news briefing in Geneva on Tuesday.
"UNHCR is working with the Bangladesh authorities on a transit centre to prepare for a potential refugee influx in the coming days," he said.
"We're back in a situation of full alert as far as influxes are concerned. It is a big increase to see 11,000," Adrian Edwards, spokesman for the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), told a news briefing in Geneva on Tuesday.
"UNHCR is working with the Bangladesh authorities on a transit centre to prepare for a potential refugee influx in the coming days," he said.
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