Aerial footage released on Monday by the UNHCR shows streams of Rohingya refugees carrying their belongings on foot, continuing their forced exodus from Myanmar to Bangladesh.<br /><br />The UN Refugee Agency say more than 500,000 Rohingya refugees have crossed into Bangladesh in less than five weeks.<br /><br />The refugee crisis started on 25 August, when the military launched a crackdown, condemned by the United Nations as “ethnic cleansing”. <br /><br />A funeral service was held in Shah Porir Dwip, Bangladesh on Monday for an unidentified man who died last week when a boat carrying Rohingya Muslims fleeing Myanmar capsized.<br /><br />On Monday, an overcrowded boat carrying refugees capsized in the Bay of Bengal near a Bangladeshi fishing village, killing 12 people, including six children.<br /><br />Including Monday’s capsizing, boat accidents have killed at least 184 Rohingya trying to reach Bangladesh<br />
