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October 24, 2017

Donors Pledge $434 Million to Rohingya Refugees as U.S. Mulls Sanctions
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The United Nations says international donors have pledged $434 million
to aid more than 600,000 Rohingya refugees who have fled to Bangladesh
to escape ethnic cleansing in Burma. The pledges at a one-day donor
conference came as refugee agencies warned more than 1,000 Rohingya
continue to cross each day, fleeing rape, killings and the burning of
their villages in Rakhine state. The pledges came as the Trump
administration said it was withdrawing military assistance units from
Burma and considering sanctions against Burmese officials believed to be
behind "violent, traumatic abuses."


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