“Ethnic cleansing” by the government of Myanmar (formerly Burma) has forced more than half a million Rohingya Muslims to flee to Bangladesh since August. Now, regional leaders are trying to arrange the return of the Rohingya to Myanmar, despite the fact that they are denied citizenship, protection, and even the right to travel within the country. Why is this happening in a region that was seen as making real strides toward democracy? And what will be the ramifications of yet another large ethnic group, like the Palestinians and the Kurds, left stateless in today’s world?
Sara Curran is a professor at University of Washington and a scholar who specializes in internal migration in developing countries. This crisis is a critical topic in Michigan, a state that is home to some 15,000 migrants from Bangladesh as well as Rohingya refugees.
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