page_title: International reactions to the Rohingya genocide
section_title: Jordan
hierarchical_section_title: International reactions to the Rohingya genocide / Countries / Jordan
caption_attribution_description: DAVOS,27JAN03 - Her Majesty Queen Rania of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan captured during the session 'Dialogue with the Queen of Jordan' at the 'Annual Meeting 2003' of the World Economic Forum in the Congress Center in Davos/Switzerland. January 27, 2003.
context_page_description: Since October 2016, thousands of Rohingya refugees have fled Myanmar due to persecution in the Rakhine State. The exodus has become a humanitarian crisis. The persecution was preceded by crackdowns in 1978, 1991–1992, 2012 and 2015. The United Nations believes that Myanmar wants to expel its entire Rohingya population.
  The events have been termed a genocide by international observers.
  On 25 August 2017, the Tatmadaw launched a military operation against the Rohingya civilian population in response to attacks by Rohingya militants on 30 police posts and an army base. The Myanmar military—with help from mobs of local Rakhine people—is alleged to have burned Rohingya villages, carried out summary executions and beheadings of Rohingyas, raped Rohingya women; and planted landmines. Between 400 and 3,000 people were killed between 25 August and 11 September 2017. On 22 September 2017, satellite images indicated that Rohingya villages were still being burned. An estimated 655,500 refugees had fled into Bangladesh since 25 August 2017, out of a pre-violence Rohingya population of about one million in Rakhine State.
context_section_description: The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan described the tragedy faced by the Rohingya as "unforgivable". The kingdom dispatched several batches of aid for refugees.
  Queen Rania visited Rohingya refugee camps in Cox's Bazaar, Bangladesh.
caption: Jordan's Queen Rania traveled to Rohingya refugee camps in Cox's Bazaar, Bangladesh
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