Dramatic drone footage shows Rohingya refugees entering Bangladesh
By Reuters
17 October 2017 |
3:23 pm
Drone footage shows vast numbers of Rohingya refugees from Myanmar entering Bangladesh, arriving by boat and walking through flooded fields.
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