Members of the UN Security Council have left for Bangladesh and Myanmar to study the Rohingya crisis.
The 15-member panel made a stopover in Kuwait on Friday before flying to Bangladesh where they will visit capital Dhaka and refugee camps in the Cox’s Bazar area, officials said.
After visiting the camps in Bangladesh over the weekend the members will arrive in the Myanmar capital of Nay Pyi Taw on Monday, reports Xinhua news agency.
They will also visit areas in Rakhine state that were affected by the violence beginning last August and from where most of the refugees fled.
According to the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the overall population of Rohingya refugees from Myanmar in Bangladesh is currently estimated to be over 1 million.
