Rohingya refugees warn of mass infl

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Subject: Rohingya refugees warn of mass influx after Burmese persecution


	ROHINGYA REFUGEES WARN OF MASS INFLUX AFTER BURMESE PERSECUTION
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	     Monday 4 August, 1997 (4:15am AEST)

          A Burmese Muslim refugee group claims that as many as
          14-thousand refugees could flee into Bangladesh unless their
          security could be guaranteed. 

          The Rohingya Solidarity Organisation says many had already
          crossed the border into Bangladesh since June because of
          persecution from the Burmese military. 

          The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees put the
          number of Burmese Muslims, or Rohingyas, at seven
          thousand, describing them as both "economic and political
          migrants."

          The Rohingya Solidarity Organisation warned that refugees
          would continue to flow into Bangladesh unless security of the
          minority group was ensured in Burma's Arakan state which
          borders Bangladesh. 

	 (ABC News, 4 August 1997)	

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