One year later, Rohingya refugees remain in dire straits

Human-rights groups say Myanmar's military carried out those attacks, attacking civilians, burning down entire villages and killing thousands of people in so-called "clearance operations."

Rohingya Muslims aboard a makeshift raft in 2017 Source: AAP

It is one year since 700,000 minority Rohingya fled northern Rakhine ((ruh-HINE)) state in Myanmar, driven out by military action the United Nations describes as "textbook ethnic cleansing." They joined more than 200,000 other Rohingya refugees in camps in Bangladesh, where they continue to face health problems, poor living conditions and uncertain futures.

For one year now, Rohingya refugees from Myanmar have been living in terrible conditions across the border in Bangladesh.

They have been crowded into makeshift houses, mostly made of bamboo, and with only plastic sheets to protect them from the elements. Nearly a million are displaced and stateless. 

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