In 2017, the Myanmar military responded to attacks by Rohingya militants on the police with a crackdown, prompting more than half a million Rohingya Muslims to flee across the border to Bangladesh, in what the United Nations later described as "a perfect example of ethnic cleansing."
Sanadkii 2017, ciidamada Myanmar ayaa ka jawaabay weerarro ay kooxaha Rohingya u geysteen booliiska iyagoo kaga jawaabay ugaarsi uu dhiig ku daatay, taas oo sababtay in in ka badan kala bar milyan Mulsimiinta Rohingya ay u gudbaan Bangladesh, Qaramada Miodobay ayaa arrintaas ku tilmaantay "mid tusaale u ah isir-sifeyn"