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The Government has repeatedly raised concerns about the plight of the Rohingya community
in Burma. I last raised this when I met the Burmese Minister of Construction on 29
November. The Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my noble Friend,
the Rt Hon. Baroness Anelay of St Johns DBE also raised our concerns when she visited
Burma from 9-12 November. We are particularly concerned for the welfare of the estimated
3,400 children who were suffering from severe acute malnutrition prior to the flare
up in violence in Rakhine following the 9 October attacks on the Burmese border posts.
We have called on the Government of Burma to resume immediately humanitarian aid and
to conduct an independent investigation into allegations of human rights violations.
The Investigation Commission has now been established and will report back by 31 January
2017.
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