Nick McKim (Tasmania, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

What is happening in Myanmar now is absolutely devastating and is a textbook example of ethnic cleansing. The Rohingya people have lived in Myanmar for many, many generations and are now being run out of that country by the Myanmar government and the Myanmar military. Nearly 400,000 people have fled their homes into Bangladesh since 25 August and many more are still hiding in the mountains. Aid agencies are warning of a humanitarian crisis. The Australian people want our government to act. There has been a petition signed by many thousands of people delivered today. On Saturday, over 1,000 people in Melbourne rallied for the Rohingya people. We must publicly call on Aung San Suu Kyi to speak out against the persecution of the Rohingya people and allow access to independent monitors, and Australia must take extra Rohingya refugees.

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