Rohingya refugees on hunger strike in India’s largest transit camp: report
Dozens of Rohingya refugees, held by India in its largest transit camp in the northeastern state of Assam, have begun a hunger strike.
Indian news website Scroll.in reports that women and children are among the more than 100 refugees who have been on hunger strike.
The Matia Transit camp is located in the state’s Goalpara district.
The detained refugees include those from the Chin ethnic group.
About 1.2 million Rohingya have been living in Bangladesh since August 2017, fleeing a severe military crackdown in Burma’s Rakhine state.
Tens of hundreds of Rohingya are living in India.
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