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Rohingya refugees search for their belongings after a massive fire broke out at the Balukhali refugee camp, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, on Monday. Yousuf Tushar/LightRocket via Getty Images hide caption
Myanmar vessel UMS Moattama, which was sent to return Myanmar migrants from Malaysia, is seen docked at a jetty outside Kuala Lumpur on Monday. Mohd Rasfan/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Bangladesh began transporting Rohingya refugees by boat to the island of Bhashan Char, with rights groups alleging people were being misled into leaving. -/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A health worker wearing personal protective equipment in the Kutupalong Rohingya refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, last month. On Thursday, Bangladesh reported the area's first confirmed coronavirus infections. Shafiqur Rahman/AP hide caption
Presiding Judge Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf, fourth from right, reads the ruling. The panel said Myanmar must take steps to protect the Muslim minority, who "remain extremely vulnerable" after a brutal 2017 crackdown by the military. Peter Dejong/AP hide caption
In this photo provided by the Myanmar State Counsellor Office, Aung San Suu Kyi, center, departs from Naypyitaw International Airport in Naypyitaw, Myanmar on Sunday. Myanmar State Counsellor Office via AP hide caption
Rohingya Muslims, newly arrived from Myanmar, jockey for puffed rice food rations donated by local volunteers in 2017 in the Kutupalong refugee camp in Bangladesh. Bernat Armangue/AP hide caption
Reuters journalists Kyaw Soe Oo and Wa Lone were escorted by police after a court hearing in August 2018 in Yangon, Myanmar. Ann Wang/Reuters hide caption
Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar state counselor, left, speaks with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Ottawa last year. David Kawai/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
Rohingya Muslim refugees carry brick to make road at Kutupalong refugee camp in Bangladesh's Ukhia district on Jan. 23. Munir Uz Zaman/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi, in a national address in September, said she felt deeply for the suffering of all people caught up in conflict scorching through Rakhine state — in her first comments that also mentioned Muslims displaced by violence. Ye Aung Thu/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Rohingya Muslim children, who crossed over from Myanmar into Bangladesh, wait squashed against each other to receive food handouts distributed to children and women by a Turkish aid agency at Thaingkhali refugee camp, Bangladesh, in October. Dar Yasin/AP hide caption
Aung San Suu Kyi (center), poses with Bill Richardson (2nd right) and other members of the Advisory Commission on Rakhine State after their meeting in Myanmar on Monday. Myanmar State Counsellor Office via AP hide caption
Yanghee Lee, U.N. human rights special rapporteur to Myanmar, talks to journalists during a news briefing in Yangon, Myanmar, in July. Thein Zaw/AP hide caption
Recently arrived Rohingya refugees queue for relief aid as a man beats back the crowd with bamboo in November in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Allison Joyce/Getty Images hide caption
Pope Francis shakes hands with Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi as they meet at Naypyitaw's presidential palace in Myanmar on Tuesday. Andrew Medichini/AP hide caption
Tents are seen in the Kutupalong refugee camp in Bangladesh where Rohingya Muslims live, after crossing over from Myanmar into Bangladesh. More than 620,000 Rohingya have fled Rakhine for neighbouring Bangladesh since late August 2017. Wong Maye-E/AP hide caption
Rohingya Muslims carry their young children and belongings after crossing the border from Myanmar into Bangladesh, near Palong Khali, Bangladesh, on Wednesday. Bernat Armangue/AP hide caption
Rohingya Muslim refugees wait to receive food distributed from a Turkish aid agency at Thaingkhali refugee camp in Ukhia, Bangladesh on Saturday. Tauseef Mustafa/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Rohingya children wait for food handouts at Thangkhali refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, on Thursday. Zakir Hossain Chowdhury/AP hide caption
Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi has insisted that unspecified "terrorists" and not the country's military are targeting the Muslim Rohingyas, who have been fleeing the country for weeks. Aung Shine Oo/AP hide caption
Workers at a brick factory toil through sweltering heat to shape, dry and bake bricks. The work is seasonal and labor-intensive. The manager says if he has openings, he'll give a job to anyone willing to do the work. Michael Sullivan for NPR hide caption