(AFP) – He trekked to Bangladesh as part of an exodus of a half million people from Myanmar, the largest refugee crisis to hit Asia in decades. But after climbing out of a boat on a creek on Friday, Mohamed Rafiq could go no further. He collapsed onto a muddy spit of land cradling his wife in his lap a limp figure so exhausted and so hungry she could no longer walk or even raise her wrists.
Rohingya exodus from Burma tops 500,000
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