The Rohingyas

In the Andaman Sea, just south of Myanmar and Thailand sit thousands of stranded and desperate Rohingya Migrants from Myanmar. Rohingya people are Muslims living in Myanmar who have a history of persecution. The Rohingya migrants are stranded in the Andaman Sea to escape Myanmar persecution and man slaughter, most of the migrants are woman and children hoping to find refuge in nearby Malaysia or Thailand. Both Malaysia and Thailand have begun to refuse the immigrants due to an abundance of previous Rohingya migrants and supposed overcrowding of this particular group. Malaysian officials claim that some stranded on the Andaman seas are also economic refugees from Bangladesh thus they are not permitting the refugees, however most are the minority Muslim Rohingya people of Northwest Myanmar, stranded and searching for solace. 

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