Rohingya crisis could deepen as monsoon season approaches

About 700,000 Rohingya have fled western Myanmar to neighbouring Bangladesh in the past seven months to escape a brutal counterinsurgency campaign by Myanmar's army. With people crowded into 20 makeshift camps along the border, providing basic needs like food, clean water and proper sanitation has been a challenge. Yet things are set to get much worse. Monsoon season will begin in a couple of months and the Cox's Bazar district, where many of the camps are located, is one of the world's wettest places. Bob Rae, Canada's special envoy to Myanmar, released his final report on the crisis today urging Canada to take ramp up humanitarian efforts. To read more: http://cbc.ca/1.4602720 »»» Subscribe to CBC News to watch more videos: http://bit.ly/1RreYWS Connect with CBC News Online: For breaking news, video, audio and in-depth coverage: http://bit.ly/1Z0m6iX Find CBC News on Facebook: http://bit.ly/1WjG36m Follow CBC News on Twitter: http://bit.ly/1sA5P9H For breaking news on Twitter: http://bit.ly/1WjDyks Follow CBC News on Instagram: http://bit.ly/1Z0iE7O Download the CBC News app for iOS: http://apple.co/25mpsUz Download the CBC News app for Android: http://bit.ly/1XxuozZ »»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»» For more than 75 years, CBC News has been the source Canadians turn to, to keep them informed about their communities, their country and their world. Through regional and national programming on multiple platforms, including CBC Television, CBC News Network, CBC Radio, CBCNews.ca, mobile and on-demand, CBC News and its internationally recognized team of award-winning journalists deliver the breaking stories, the issues, the analyses and the personalities that matter to Canadians.