Mr. Trudeau, Strong Words and Money Will Not Save the Rohingya – It’s Time for Canada to Act

Expand Rohingya refugees walk through rice fields after crossing the border from Burma into Palang Khali, near Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, October 19, 2017.  © 2017 Jorge Silva/Reuters Canada has reacted with strong words and generous humanitarian assistance to the victims of the ethnic cleansing campaign by Myanmar's security forces against Rohingya Muslims. More than 650,000 Rohingya have been forced since August to flee northern Rakhine State to neighbouring Bangladesh, where they are struggling to survive. Yet the Trudeau government appears to be in a holding pattern in its response to the…

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