U.S. President Donald Trump has made >his opinion on refugees and Muslims entering his country very clear on numerous occasions.
From his former calls to completely bar all Muslims and refugees from entering the U.S., to >attempting to do the same to all immigrants flying from Muslim-majority countries, Trump's perspective should be clear to everyone by now.
To him, refugees and Muslims are not welcome.
So, when someone asked the Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina if she'd asked her U.S. counterpart for assistance in dealing with the massive influx of Rohingya refugees from Myanmar, she simply said she didn't bother.
"What can I expect from them?"
"Already America declared that they will not allow any refugees," Hasina told Reuters. "What I can expect from them, and especially (the) president. He already declared his mind ... so why I should ask?"
But Hasina didn't leave it at that.
She went on to perfectly school Trump on the true meaning of humanity.
"Bangladesh is not a rich country ... but if we can feed 160 million people, another 500 or 700,000 people, we can do it."
Whereas the U.S. – the world's biggest economy – capped its intake of refugees at 110,000 in 2017, and is expected to see that number more than half in 2016, Bangladesh is opening its borders to hundreds of thousands.
Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya have become refugees
In the past month, there has been a significant uptick in violence directed at Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar. Both the military and the majority Buddhist population have been involved in attacks on the Muslim minority, which has been classified as "ethnic cleansing" by activists and top U.N officials.
Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya have been displaced, with many fleeing to Bangladesh for safety and security. Thousands have been killed, villages have been burned to the ground and Rohingya children have been brutally slaughtered.
"Within Myanmar, even groups that are also fighting the government like the Shan or the Kachin, view Muslims unfavorably, and the reigning sentiment in Myanmar is that they're outsiders, and therefore they deserve anything that happens to them," Ryan McCabe, who works with an NGO providing aid to Rohingya refugees, >told StepFeed in August.
McCabe also explained that Myanmar's military has historically used extremely brutal techniques to crack down on the community.
"Rape campaigns, torture, and yes, killing children. I've heard recent reports of children burned in military arson campaigns, but it's very likely it's even worse than that," he said.