The Rohingya are a Muslim minority from Rakhine State in western Myanmar. Recognized by human rights groups as one of the most oppressed ethnic groups in the world, entire families have been forced to flee to neighboring Bangladesh. Captured by photojournalist Greg Constantine, this photo essay was supported in part by a grant from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting.
Exiled to nowhere: Myanmar's Rohingya —
The Rohingya are a Muslim minority from Rakhine State in western Myanmar. Recognized by human rights groups as one of the most oppressed ethnic groups in the world, entire families have been forced to flee to neighboring Bangladesh. Captured by photojournalist Greg Constantine, this photo essay was supported in part by a grant from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting.
Greg Constantine
These women claim beatings, extortion and the seizure of their homes forced 120 families to flee their village in Myanmar in early 2009.
Exiled to nowhere: Myanmar's Rohingya —
These women claim beatings, extortion and the seizure of their homes forced 120 families to flee their village in Myanmar in early 2009.
Greg Constantine
Rohingya in the Muslim-dominated north of Rakhine must obtain formal permission from the Burmese authorities to get married. The parents of this 26-year-old could not afford to continue to pay money to receive permission for her to get married, so she was forced to flee to Bangladesh with her fiancé.
Exiled to nowhere: Myanmar's Rohingya —
Rohingya in the Muslim-dominated north of Rakhine must obtain formal permission from the Burmese authorities to get married. The parents of this 26-year-old could not afford to continue to pay money to receive permission for her to get married, so she was forced to flee to Bangladesh with her fiancé.
Greg Constantine
Blind in one eye after being beaten in the head during forced labor, this man fled Myanmar in the mid 1990s, one of an estimated 200,000 undocumented Rohingya living in neighboring Bangladesh, according to Human Rights Watch.
Exiled to nowhere: Myanmar's Rohingya —
Blind in one eye after being beaten in the head during forced labor, this man fled Myanmar in the mid 1990s, one of an estimated 200,000 undocumented Rohingya living in neighboring Bangladesh, according to Human Rights Watch.
Greg Constantine
Like thousands of exiled Rohingya, this woman and her grandchild currently live in desperate conditions in Bangladesh.
Exiled to nowhere: Myanmar's Rohingya —
Like thousands of exiled Rohingya, this woman and her grandchild currently live in desperate conditions in Bangladesh.
Greg Constantine
Bangladesh considers most Rohingya to be illegal economic migrants, yet they are an important source of labor. Here Rohingya men work in salt fields near Teknaf, in southern Bangladesh.
Exiled to nowhere: Myanmar's Rohingya —
Bangladesh considers most Rohingya to be illegal economic migrants, yet they are an important source of labor. Here Rohingya men work in salt fields near Teknaf, in southern Bangladesh.
Greg Constantine
A group of Rohingya men push their fishing boat back onto shore. According to rights groups, many work as bonded laborers trapped into debt to local Bangladeshi boat owners.
Exiled to nowhere: Myanmar's Rohingya —
A group of Rohingya men push their fishing boat back onto shore. According to rights groups, many work as bonded laborers trapped into debt to local Bangladeshi boat owners.
Greg Constantine
In 2008, exiled Rohingya created the Kutupalong makeshift camp in Bangladesh. What started out as a dozen families is now home to an estimated 25,000 people, according to humanitarian groups.
Exiled to nowhere: Myanmar's Rohingya —
In 2008, exiled Rohingya created the Kutupalong makeshift camp in Bangladesh. What started out as a dozen families is now home to an estimated 25,000 people, according to humanitarian groups.
Greg Constantine
Aid workers say conditions for the Rohingya in Bangladesh are some of the worst they have ever seen.
Exiled to nowhere: Myanmar's Rohingya —
Aid workers say conditions for the Rohingya in Bangladesh are some of the worst they have ever seen.
Greg Constantine
The body of 15-year-old typhoid victim Sultan Ahmed is lowered down into his grave on December 20, 2009.
Exiled to nowhere: Myanmar's Rohingya —
The body of 15-year-old typhoid victim Sultan Ahmed is lowered down into his grave on December 20, 2009.
Greg Constantine
Thousands of Rohingya have risked their lives trying to reach Malaysia by boat via Thailand. The parents of 27-year-old Mohamed have not heard from him since he got on a boat in early December 2008.
Exiled to nowhere: Myanmar's Rohingya —
Thousands of Rohingya have risked their lives trying to reach Malaysia by boat via Thailand. The parents of 27-year-old Mohamed have not heard from him since he got on a boat in early December 2008.
Greg Constantine
Between 2009 and 2010, thousands of Rohingya were arrested and forcibly sent back to Myanmar during a crackdown by Bangladeshi authorities.
Exiled to nowhere: Myanmar's Rohingya —
Between 2009 and 2010, thousands of Rohingya were arrested and forcibly sent back to Myanmar during a crackdown by Bangladeshi authorities.
Greg Constantine
A group of twelve Rohingya men between the ages of 19 and 28 were pulled off of a bus at highway check post in southern Bangladesh. They had crossed illegally from Myanmar and were attempting to get on a boat to Malaysia.
Exiled to nowhere: Myanmar's Rohingya —
A group of twelve Rohingya men between the ages of 19 and 28 were pulled off of a bus at highway check post in southern Bangladesh. They had crossed illegally from Myanmar and were attempting to get on a boat to Malaysia.
Bangladeshi authorities have stepped up their efforts to apprehend Rohingya before they get on boats for the extremely dangerous crossing to Malaysia.
Exiled to nowhere: Myanmar's Rohingya —
Bangladeshi authorities have stepped up their efforts to apprehend Rohingya before they get on boats for the extremely dangerous crossing to Malaysia.
Greg Constantine
Exhausted from their journey out of Myanmar, a group of 20 Rohingya were detained by Bangladesh Border Guards after they attempted to cross the border.
Exiled to nowhere: Myanmar's Rohingya —
Exhausted from their journey out of Myanmar, a group of 20 Rohingya were detained by Bangladesh Border Guards after they attempted to cross the border.
Greg Constantine