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Five Years On, Rohingya Refugees Face Dire Conditions and a Long Road Ahead
In August 2017, the Myanmar military launched a brutal crackdown on Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine State.
Hundreds of thousands fled and are now living in refugee camps in Bangladesh
- In this Q&A, Crisis Group expert Thomas Kean explains why prospects for near-term repatriation remain low.
What is the situation of the Rohingya who fled to Bangladesh five years ago?
Nearly all of the approximately 730,000 Rohingya who fled Myanmar in the second half of 2017 remain in sprawling refugee camps in southern Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar.
The total number of…