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A Rohingya refugee girl at a camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.

Myanmar’s critics call Rohingya-only enclaves ’21st-century concentration camps’

Conflict

Communal detention in Sittwe, Myanmar, might not fit the classic model of detention camps, but author Andrea Pitzer says the Rohingya-only enclaves are just as inhumane.

Rohingya refugees arrive under the cover of darkness by wooden boats from Myanmar to the shore of Shah Porir Dwip, in Teknaf, near Cox's Bazar in Bangladesh, Sept. 27, 2017.

More than half of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh are kids. Many are fleeing Myanmar alone.

Conflict
IDP Camp in Sittwe

In Myanmar, refugees from Muslim-Buddhist conflict remain in limbo

Culture

Muslims Attacked in Myanmar

Conflict & Justice
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