I visited the Rohingya camps in Myanmar here's what I saw

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Myanmar is still not safe for the estimated 700,000 Rohingya Muslims refugees who fled to Bangladesh in 2017.

Many Rohingya people live in camps in Myanmar and have suffered violence, displacement, and loss.

They have also seen many of their religious buildings destroyed.

Myanmar recently claimed to have repatriated its first Rohingya refugee family. But, as an official from the United Nations noted, the country is still not safe for the return of its estimated 700,000 Rohingya Muslim refugees, who fled to Bangladesh in 2017 to escape an ongoing state-sponsored military campaign and persecution from Buddhist neighbors.

Indeed, in recent times, the Myanmar military has been building a fence along the 170-mile border and fortifying it with landmines, to prevent the Rohingya from returning to their villages.See the rest of the story at Business InsiderNOW WATCH: This top economist has a radical plan to change the way Americans voteSee Also:Why Donald Trump desperately needs interpreters for his 'chat' with Kim13 apps for your iPhone that are better than the ones Apple madeWall Street experts are crying foul on an overlooked yet dangerous signal that a market meltdown is near

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