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Smoke and flames in Myamar are seen from the Bangladeshi side of the border on Sunday.

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'I Just Knew To Run To Save My Life': Nearly 125,000 Rohingya Flee Myanmar

6:30pm September 05, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

Observers expect that number to grow. Myanmar's crackdown on the Muslim minority has prompted outrage around the world, including ire directed at its civilian leader, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate.

Myanmarese soldiers stand guard at a checkpoint in rural Rakhine state on Wednesday. Plumes of smoke reportedly billowed from several villages in the worst-hit section of the state as troops clashed with Rohingya militants this week.

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'Where Would I Go?' Thousands Of Rohingya Flee Myanmar After A Bloody Week

6:09pm September 01, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

Since a militant attack last week, the military has cracked down on the mostly Muslim minority, whom Myanmar doesn't consider citizens. More than 27,000 people have fled for Bangladesh.

Bangladeshi villagers evacuate to cyclone shelters in Cox's Bazar district on Tuesday, as more than 350,000 people fled coastal villages to avoid Cyclone Mora.

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Cyclone Hits Bangladesh, Destroying Huts Sheltering Rohingya Refugees

12:25pm May 30, 2017

by Camila Domonoske

Some 350,000 people reportedly were evacuated from their homes before Cyclone Mora made landfall. The worst damage was at refugee camps housing thousands who fled neighboring Myanmar.

Some 2,000 Rohingya refugee families live in the Balukhali camp in southern Bangladesh, according to the camp's leader.

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Can You Still Have Hope When Life Seems Hopeless?

2:50pm April 23, 2017

by Ashley Westerman

We interviewed Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh and asked about their hopes for the future. We were shaken by their answers.

Workers at a brick factory toil through sweltering heat to shape, dry and bake bricks. The work is seasonal and labor-intensive. The manager says if he has openings, he'll give a job to anyone willing to do the work.

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Long-Persecuted Rohingya Find Refuge, But Not Acceptance, In Bangladesh

5:34am April 14, 2017

Rohingya Muslims fleeing a recent crackdown in Myanmar are just the latest wave of refugees to arrive in Bangladesh. But patience is wearing thin in the impoverished country with scarce resources.

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The Balukali refugee camp, located about an hour's drive south of the seaside tourist city of Cox's Bazar, is one of many informal camps in southern Bangladesh. An estimated 2,000 Rohingya families who fled neighboring Myanmar live in Balukali.

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Rohingya Fleeing Myanmar Describe Military Tactic Of Systematic Rape

9:26am April 13, 2017

Witnesses say Myanmar forces waged a six-month campaign of murder, arson and mass rape after Rohingya militants attacked border guards. The Muslim minority has long faced persecution in Myanmar.

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This 11-year-old boy lives with his family in a Roma settlement in Belgrade. "He and his brothers and sisters are without documents, but he had this amazing confidence," Constantine says.

Eye On The Invisible: A Photographer's Quest To Spotlight The Stateless

6:13am November 21, 2015

by Ben de la Cruz

Greg Constantine has spent 10 years documenting the world's stateless people. They live without passports, without ID cards, without dignity — but not without hope.