A Rohingya refugee in New Delhi
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| Photo: Tsering Topgyal, AP A Rohingya refugee woman, an ethnic persecuted Muslim minority fleeing Myanmar – a predominately Buddhist nation, sews inside her slum on the outskirts of New Delhi, India, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2015. According to the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR), there are around 9,000 Rohingya registered in the capital with thousands more unregistered ones living in different parts of the country. In Delhi, most of them lead impoverished lives in tented settlements dotted around the city. |
In this photo by Tsering Topgyal, a Rohingya refugee sews inside her slum on the outskirts of New Delhi. According to the U.N. refugee agency, around 9,000 Rohingya refugees are registered in the capital and thousands more who are not registered live elsewhere in India. In New Delhi, most of them lead impoverished lives in tented settlements dotted around the city. The Rohingya are a Muslim minority numbering around 1.3 million in predominantly Buddhist Myanmar, which denies them citizenship and restricts their movement, and many thousands have tried to flee.
