Thousands of Rohingya immigrants stranded on boats.
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- Myanmar is Buddhist majority with Rohingya Muslim minority.
- In 2012, ethnic violence between them killed hundreds.
- Over 100,000 have fled Myanmar (also called Burma) since.
- Those that remain live in segregated, rural camps & ghettos.
- Myanmar doesn’t acknowledge the Rohingyas as citizens.
- Now, thousands are fleeing on human traffickers’ boats.
- Indonesia, Thailand, Bangladesh, & Malaysia won’t let them in.
- Leaving thousands stranded on boats with dwindling supplies.
- The Philippines has offered help though it is far away.
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