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As Bangladesh hosts over a million Rohingya refugees, a scholar explains what motivated the country to open up its borders

  • Written by Tazreena Sajjad, Senior Professorial Lecturer, American University
As Bangladesh hosts over a million Rohingya refugees, a scholar explains what motivated the country to open up its bordersRohingya refugees wait during distribution of food items in 2017 in Bangladesh.AP Photo/Dar Yasin, File

Over 1.1 million Rohingyas continue to remain strandedin crowded camps in Bangladesh while the international community fails to provide a resolution to the crisis.

When in 2017 this lower-middle-income, majority Muslim country opened its borders...

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