Indonesian President Joko Widodo has called for a quick and peaceful solution to one of the world's largest refugee crised unfolding Bangladesh and Myanmar. Widodo was speaking after a visit to refugee camps, where hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims have been living in makeshift tents after fleeing a military crackdown in Myanmar.

The UN's top human rights official is slamming Myanmar's crackdown in Rakhine State as "brutal". Violence has forced nearly 300,000 Rohingya Muslims to flee to Bangladesh.

The United Nations warns that the ranks of Rohingya Muslims running from violence in Myanmar could double to reach 300,000.

Thousands of Rohingya Muslims fleeing violence in Myanmar try to cross the border with Bangladesh, as fresh fighting erupts in Myanmar's northwestern Rakhine state.

The former head of the United Nations has met Rohingya Muslims and Rakhine State leaders in Myanmar.