{"id":32145,"date":"2016-03-03T15:41:17","date_gmt":"2016-03-03T21:41:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=32145"},"modified":"2016-03-06T08:59:35","modified_gmt":"2016-03-06T14:59:35","slug":"medill-explains-the-stateless-rohingyas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/medill-explains-the-stateless-rohingyas\/","title":{"rendered":"Medill explains  &#8211; The stateless Rohingyas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Bian Elkatib and Nikita Mandhani<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"dropcap\">T<\/p>\n<p>he Rohingyas are a primarily Muslim ethnic minority group from Burma, a country in Southeast Asia that is also known as Myanmar.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ibsb.ro\/qrtfiles\/uploads\/2016\/01\/UNHCR-Study-Guide-2-Rohingya-Refugees.pdf\">According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees,<\/a> media coverage of the Rohingya refugee crisis has been scarce.<\/p>\n<p>[vimeo 156484536 w=474]<\/p>\n<p>The migration of Rohingyas from Myanmar and Bangladesh is \u201cdescribed as the biggest mass exodus since the Vietnam War\u201d in the <a href=\"http:\/\/ibsb.ro\/qrtfiles\/uploads\/2016\/01\/UNHCR-Study-Guide-2-Rohingya-Refugees.pdf\">UNHCR\u2019s study guide on the Rohingyas.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Their plight has captured the attention of President Barack Obama, the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu.<\/p>\n<div class=\"featurecaption\">Photo at top: This temporary clinic provides some 13,000 Rohingya with basic health care two days per week. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/69583224@N05\/10015561586\/\">(Mathias Eick\/EU\/ECHO)<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Bian Elkatib and Nikita Mandhani T he Rohingyas are a primarily Muslim ethnic minority group from Burma, a country in Southeast Asia that is also known as Myanmar. 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