Japan on Saturday offered a $3.5 million
to help Rohingya boat people who have
fled Mynmar where they faced severe
discrimination,
Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said
Japan remained committed to helping
national reconcilation efforts on various
fronts in Asia ,including between Mynmar
government and etgnic minority groups
"With regard to non -regular immigrants,
including women and children trying to
cross the Indian Ocean,Japan has decide
to exend $3.5 million through global agencies
such as the UN High Commissioner
for Refugees,he said in a public address,
The money will go to providing food and
shelter as well as to fund data analysis
of their maritime movements the foreign
ministry said
The plight of the persecuted and impoverished
Rohingya has drawn international attention
as thousands of them and Bangladeshi
migrants cram into boats and struggle desperately
to reach other Southeast Asian countries
The Muslim Rohingya complain of systematic
discrimination and mistreatment by Mynmar
's Buddist-majority governmentwhich refuses
to even recognise them as cetizen
AFP
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