Bangladesh resists growing calls to accept more Rohingyas from Myanmar

Pressure builds as war rages next door, U.N. appeals on humanitarian grounds

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Rohingya refugees walk along a road at the Balukhali camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, in 2019. Dhaka says it cannot handle another influx as it already hosts over a million Rohingya people. © Reuters

SYFUL ISLAM, Contributing writer

DHAKA -- Bangladesh faces intensifying pressure to accept more Rohingya Muslims fleeing the civil war in neighboring Myanmar, a burden the government in Dhaka insists it cannot bear.

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