SITTWE, Myanmar: Food, water and medical help are in short supply at camps in western Myanmar that are “stretched beyond capacity,” a UN agency said yesterday, as authorities struggled to stem communal clashes.
Buddhist-Muslim bloodshed in Rakhine state has caused more than 28,000 people to flee their homes this month, the UN refugee agency said in a statement.
“It is clearly urgent that law and order be restored to prevent further violence, and that access is facilitated so that aid can be provided to those in need,” the agency said.
Thousands from mainly Muslim communities in Rakhine state have streamed toward camps already struggling to cope with the 75,000 people displaced by earlier clashes in June.
Myanmar camps overwhelmed
