Pope urges "decisive measures" for Myanmar refugees but avoids "Rohingya"

  01 December 2017    Read: 1142
Pope urges "decisive measures" for Myanmar refugees but avoids "Rohingya"
Pope Francis on Thursday called for “decisive measures” to resolve the political crisis causing mostly Muslim refugees from neighboring Myanmar to flee to Bangladesh, Reuters reports.
But, just as in the first leg of his trip in Myanmar, he did not use the word Rohingya, which is contested by the Yangon government and military.

In a speech before Bangladesh’s president hours after arriving, Francis instead spoke of “refugees from Rakhine State”.

He also called on countries to give “immediate material assistance” to help Bangladesh deal with the crisis.

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