As Canada renews strategy for Rohingya crisis, advocates urge rethink

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Open this photo in gallery: Rohingya refugee children collect drinking water after a midnight fire raced through their refugee camp in Bangladesh, on Jan. 7. Canada's ambassador to the United Nations says Ottawa is looking at ways to improve the 'unbearable' suffering of Rohingya expelled from Myanmar, and to counter the military junta overseeing ethnic violence against Muslims.Shafiqur Rahman/The Canadian Press As Canada’s strategy for supporting Rohingya people expires, advocates are calling for a rethink of how Ottawa is trying to limit suffering in refugee camps in Bangladesh, and to rout the military junta overseeing ethnic violence in Myanmar. “We...