Rohingya Boat People Photos

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02.01.2024 

Rohingya refugees stranded in Indonesia

NORTH SUMATRA, INDONESIA - JANUARY 01: A number of Rohingya immigrants gather in emergency tents after being stranded at Karang Gading Village in Labuhan Deli, Deli Serdang Regency, North Sumatra, Indonesia on January 1, 2024. A total of 147 Rohingya ethnic immigrants were stranded in the waters of Karang Gading Village on Saturday. ( Kiki Cahyadi - Anadolu Agency ) 

What life is like on the border of Myanmar and Bangladesh, where a UN-labeled 'genocide' has left 1 million refugees living in limbo

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James Pasley

A Myanmar security personnel keeps watch along the Myanmar-Bangladesh border as Rohingya refugee sit outside their shelters. Munir Uz Zaman / AFP / Getty 

• Myanmar and Bangladesh are divided by the Naf River.
• Below the river, Rakhine State in Myanmar has been a place of conflict for decades. The Rohingya people, who lived there, have not been recognized as citizens since 1982.
• This is what life on the border looks like on the ground.
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