Bangladesh–Myanmar border

Three young men sit closely together and look at a cell phone

Fast friends, Rohingya refugees in exile rebuild their lives in Malaysia

Refugees

Mohamudul Hasson and Tobarik Huson, both Rohingya from Myanmar, met in Malaysia after taking arduous journeys to escape persecution and stagnation as stateless Muslim minorities. Neither Myanmar nor neighboring Bangladesh recognizes them as citizens.

Children at a Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh.

With already tenuous housing, the looming monsoon season threatens Rohingya refugee camps

Conflict