According to the United Nations, the Rohingya Refugee Crisis is the world’s most urgent. Rohingya have been called the world’s most persecuted minority. The Rohingya remain one of the largest stateless populations in the world. Nearly a million live in camps in Bangladesh.
Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya are living in precarious situations despite fleeing the persecution and repression they experienced in the Rakhine region in Myanmar. Dr. Safiyyah Ally says that the Rohingya have been called the world’s most persecuted minority. According to the United Nations, the Rohingya Refugee Crisis is the world’s most urgent. The Rohingya remain one of the largest stateless populations in the world. Nearly a million live in camps in Bangladesh, and the country is now sending some of them off to live on a remote island. Find out more about them and see what you can do to help.
Note: this video was recorded prior to the fire that broke out in Nayapara refugee camp in Bangladesh.