Angelina Jolie visits Rohingya camps, says refugees' plight "shames us all"
Addressing a crowd of refugees on a hilltop in Kutapalong camp, the world’s largest refugee settlement, in Bangladesh's Cox's Bazar district, U.N. refugee agency special envoy Angelina Jolie said in her speech to Rohingya refugees: "You have every right not to be stateless and the way you have been treated shames us all. The crisis is the result of decades of discrimination that has gone unaddressed."
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- Published Date: 04:13 | 05 February 2019
- Modified Date: 04:19 | 05 February 2019
"I urge the Myanmar authorities to show the genuine commitment needed to end the cycle of violence, displacement, and improve conditions for all communities in Rakhine state, including the Rohingya."
Myanmar government spokesman Zaw Htay did not pick up a call seeking comment.
Jolie flew to Bangladesh this week to "assess the humanitarian needs of the Rohingya refugees and some of the more critical challenges facing Bangladesh as a host country", the UNHCR said in a statement.
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