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The Rohingya are a mainly Muslim ethnic minority in Myanmar, which originates from the Indian subcontinent. 700.000 of them fled the country into the neighboring Bangladesh amid a 2017 Myanmar military clampdown.

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May 19, 2023

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Tasmida Johar, a young woman wearing a black headscarf, reads a textbook

Meet India's first female Rohingya graduate

Meet India's first female Rohingya graduate

People from Myanmar's displaced Rohingya minority are living a hard life as refugees across South Asia.
SocietyApril 11, 202304:16 min
Rohingya kids behind a barbed-wired fence at a camp in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: Aid cuts stoke fear of violence in refugee camps

Bangladesh: Aid cuts stoke fear of violence in refugee camps

The UN recently cut food aid to Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. Observers fear that this will lead to health problems.
PoliticsMarch 9, 2023
Hundreds of Rohingya people crossing Bangladesh's border after crossing the Naf River

Is Bangladesh getting tired of hosting Rohingya refugees?

Is Bangladesh getting tired of hosting Rohingya refugees?

Bangladesh's patience is wearing thin nearly six years since 740,000 Rohingya refugees escaped from Myanmar.
ConflictsFebruary 1, 2023
Two female Rohingya stand amidst destroyed home at refugee camp in Inida

India: Are Rohingya refugees being targeted by arson?

India: Are Rohingya refugees being targeted by arson?

Rohingya refugees say mysterious fires in their camps "have become a constant reminder that we're not wanted."
PoliticsJanuary 20, 2023
A veiled woman holds a small child in Cox Bazar

Can the EU do more to help Rohingya refugees?

Can the EU do more to help Rohingya refugees?

Bangladesh has taken in over a million Rohingya since the Myanmar crackdown. Now they want EU help in sending them back.
Human RightsAugust 25, 2022
Mishara, A Rohingya child, who wants to be a teacher

Rohingya refugees await resolution or return

Rohingya refugees await resolution or return

Five years on from the biggest mass exodus of Rohingya to Bangladesh, people in the camps say there is no end in sight.
Human RightsAugust 25, 2022
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A Rohingya girl in front of burned refugee camp in Cox's Bazar

Refugees: Fleeing danger worldwide

Almost 82.4 million people worldwide are fleeing wars, persecution, natural disasters and climate change.
MigrationJune 27, 20218 images
Rohingya refugees are evacuated by locals at a coast of North Aceh

Three years on, Rohingya refugees yet to return to Myanmar

Despite repatriation attempts, Rohingya refugees are yet to return home.
SocietyAugust 17, 202005:04 min
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Opinion

Khaled Muhiuddin

Foreign aid is a hindrance to Rohingya repatriation

Khaled Muhiuddin
Commentary
SocietyAugust 25, 2019
Verena Hölzl

Suu Kyi's shameful pandering to populists

Verena Hölzl
Commentary
PoliticsJune 7, 2019
Martin Gak

The pope and the word Rohingya

Martin Gak
Commentary
ReligionDecember 4, 2017
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Pope visiting a minefield in Myanmar

Astrid Prange
Commentary
ConflictsNovember 26, 2017
Ebbighausen Rodion Kommentarbild App

The gray area in Rohingya conflict

Rodion Ebbighausen
Commentary
PoliticsSeptember 6, 2017
Ebbighausen Rodion Kommentarbild App

Suu Kyi's silence

Rodion Ebbighausen
Commentary
May 29, 2015