The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has estimated 13,000 mostly Rohingya people have fled Burma's Rakhine State since an outbreak of violence in 2012, and close to 500 have died at sea when their boats broke down or capsized.
However Myanmar's Deputy Minister for Immigration and Population, Kyaw Kyaw Tun yesterday stated that the Rohingyan people are not included in Myanmar's more than 100 national races.
"There has never been a Rohingya race in Rakhine State. According to the censuses collected in the colonial period, in 1973 and in 1983, the country's ethnic groups...
A host of acclaimed artists is donating work to an auction to support Devon in Sight on Saturday 23rd February from 2.30 p.m.
Those giving their work for free include Benedict and Tessa Rubbra, Margaret and Roger Dean, Hillary Goddard, Robert Jennison RWA, Jenny Pery, Peter Randall-Page, Lesley Kerman, Graham Rich, Janice Ridley, Kate Westbrook, Christine Lee, Martin Bentham RWA, Ray Balkwill, and Claire Oboussier and Vong Phaophanit.
Among the many highlights at the auction will be From St Ives Bus Station, by Kate Westbrook, Beech trees and bluebells by Martin Bentham RWA...
