"Rohingyas Adrift, Far From the Shores of Asia’s Conscience"

The horrific pictures of migrants cramped in rickety smugglers’ boats adrift on the Andaman Sea are sending shock waves around the world. Asia has seen crises involving “boat people” before; but the one currently unfolding involves an ethnic group little known in the region, let alone the world – the Rohingyas, a minority Muslim community from Myanmar who have been discriminated against and persecuted for years.