Thoughts on Myanmar
Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, has experienced a mass exodus of its Rohingya Muslim population. This heavily segregated country is home to 8 major racial groups The Rohingya populate Rakhine state in the West, and they have been present in Myanmar since the 8th century. Nonetheless, the Burmese government, led by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, has denied these people citizenship, claiming that they are ethnically Bengali. For several years the Rohingya hav