Myanmar acknowledged 5 million Rohingyas fleeing

For the first time since the country's government, it has been acknowledged that such a large number of Rohingya Muslims fled. Yen Naing, the correspondent of the BBC Burmese Department from Yangon, told the reporters that the Secretary of the Rakhine state government told the information at a press conference on Friday.Rakhain State Government Secretary said more than five lakh Muslim refugees fled to Bangladesh. They fled after the attack of Arsar (Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army) in the month of August last year. But no details were given about how this information was collected.

Rakhine regional government secretary said that there were about one million five thousand Muslims in Rakhine before August 25 of last year. Tin Mong Soe, secretary, claims that there are around 470,000 Muslims in Rakhine.

But the Myanmar government estimates about Rohingyas fleeing compared to what the United Nations and Bangladesh government estimates are about 1.5 million.

Abul Kalam, the Commissioner of Refugees Relief and Rehabilitation for the Government of Bangladesh, told the BBC that Rohingyas have fled to Bangladesh in the last six months, not only as the government of Bangladesh but also the various organizations including the United Nations. They say 6,90,000 refugees have arrived in Bangladesh.

Myanmar government has increased international pressure over the last six months with the Rohingya crisis Bangladesh and Myanmar have already signed an agreement to send Rohingya back, but the main job of the repatriation has not yet begun.