Bangladesh’s interim leader and Nobel Peace laureate Muhammad Yunus said Monday that there is a "moral responsibility" to end the ethnic cleansing of Myanmar’s persecuted Rohingya minority.
More than a million members of the mostly Muslim people live in refugee camps in Bangladesh's Cox's Bazar region, most of whom arrived after fleeing a 2017 military crackdown in neighboring Myanmar.
"Bangladesh now hosts 1.3 million forcibly displaced Rohingya from Myanmar," Yunus told the aid conference in Cox's Bazar, calling it the "largest refugee camp in the world."
The talks aim to address the plight of Rohingya refugees and seek the "early, voluntary and sustainable return" to Myanmar, he said, even as fresh arrivals cross over and shrinking aid flows deepen the crisis.
"Due to continued persecution, Rohingya continue to leave Myanmar," Yunus said.
