The Rohingya crisis explained

By Lindsay Murdoch
Updated September 14 2017 - 12:18am, first published 12:15am
Rohingya Muslim refugees in India
pics by Amrit Dhillon
Rohingya Muslim refugees in India pics by Amrit Dhillon

The systematic slaughter of civilians by security forces in Myanmar's Rakhine State has forced hundreds of thousands of stateless Rohingya Muslims to flee to Bangladesh, creating a humanitarian disaster not seen in Asia for decades.

Who are the Rohingya?

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