Pleas for more support as humanitarian crisis grows in Myanmar

A Rohingya man shaves his hair after cyclone Mocha hit ThetKel Pyin Muslim displaced people camp near Sittwe, Rakhine State Source: AAP / STRINGER/EPA

Australia is being called to do more to address the humanitarian crisis in Myanmar, more than two years after the military's takeover of the country. The government-in-exile says a once-in-a-decade cyclone has ravaged Myanmar, as their Human Rights Minister makes his first visit to Australia.

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Published 24 May 2023 7:27pm

By Lin Evlin, Catriona Stirrat

Presented by Catriona Stirrat

Source: SBS News

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Australia is being called to do more to address the humanitarian crisis in Myanmar, more than two years after the military's takeover of the country. The government-in-exile says a once-in-a-decade cyclone has ravaged Myanmar, as their Human Rights Minister makes his first visit to Australia.

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