Plight of the Rohingya refugees
The human cost of the Rohingya crisis becomes clear as hundreds of thousands of refugees try to flee Myanmar and find safety.
Monday 13 November 2017 03:31, UK
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![A child refugee is temporarily detained by the border guard in Bangladesh]()
Image: More than 600,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled from Buddhist-majority Myanmar to Bangladesh since late August -
![Rohingya refugees cross the Naf river on an improvised raft]()
Image: In desperation, refugees are building makeshift rafts to try to cross the Bangladesh-Myanmar border -
![More than 600,000 Rohingya have fled to Bangladesh since late August]()
Image: Young children and the elderly struggle to cope with the lack of food and water, and poor conditions -
![A mother and father with their two young children]()
Image: A mother and father hold their two young children, ahead of the crossing -
![Hundreds of thousands of Muslim Rohingya driven from their homes]()
Image: Driven from their homes after a military crackdown, many have lost everything they own -
![A Rohingya refugee boy cries after crossing the Bangladesh-Myanmar border]()
Image: A young Rohingya boy cries as he disembarks from the crossing -
![Refugees on foot at Sabrang near Teknaf, Bangladesh]()
Image: After the perilous raft journey, refugees continue their journey on foot -
![A girl carries all her possessions on her head]()
Image: A girl carries all her possessions on her head as she walks to a refugee camp -
![A young boy peeps through a bamboo barricade at the Thankhali refugee camp, Bangladesh]()
Image: A young boy peeps through a bamboo barricade at a Bangladesh refugee camp -
![A little girl makes her way towards a makeshift camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh]()
Image: The Rohingya are regarded as illegal immigrants in Myanmar and most are stateless
