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S1E100: Rohingya refugees have very little hope for a better future, say experts
Rohingya remain the world’s largest number of stateless people, with over one million driven out of Myanmar living in camps in Bangladesh.
Synopsis: Every fourth Friday of the month, The Straits Times' US bureau chief Nirmal Ghosh presents an Asian perspective of the biggest global talking points with expert guests.
Life for the over one million Rohingya in refugee camps in Bangladesh continues to become increasingly intolerable, with food rations down to 27 US cents a day, and little or no hope for a return to their homeland in Myanmar’s Rakhine state.
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