Italy has pledged 7 million euros to help more than half a million Rohingyas, mainly women and children, who have fled to Bangladesh to escape conflict in Myanmar, Foreign Minister Angelino Alfano said. "We are deeply concerned about the situation of the Rohingya people. During the last few weeks, over half a million people, mostly women and children, had to leave Myanmar and find refuge in Bangladesh," he said.

Rohingya refugees. Pic/AFP