Statelessness

A judge shakes hands with a man at his citizenship ceremony

What it’s like to become a US citizen after a lifetime of statelessness

Refugees

After 42 years as a stateless Rohingya refugee, one Chicago man became a US citizen this summer.

Rohingya Muslim women look out from their home at Aung Mingalar quarter in Sittwe, Myanmar

Holocaust museum researcher finds early warning signs of genocide in Myanmar

Conflict
Some of the lucky ones: A group of Rohingya and Bangladeshi migrants admitted into Indonesia in May 2015. Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia are now pushing away boats holding thousands of migrants.

Another migrant crisis is brewing in the Bay of Bengal

Conflict
Salima, a Rohingya woman, talks to her husband, son and daughter, who are all being held by traffickers abroad, from an Internet hut in Thae Chaung village. She has to pay $600 and they discuss how to raise it.

The heartbreaking look of sadness and desperation on the faces of stateless Rohingyas

Justice

Recent violence in Myanmar displaces thousands of Muslim minorities