Rohingya women recall tales of escape from Myanmar

NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 15: Two Rohingya rights activists who fled persecution in Myanmar's Rakhine State narrated their stories to Anadolu Agency. Yasmin Ullah, director of the Canada-based Rohingya Human Rights Network, fled her hometown Buthidaung to Thailand as a toddler in 1995. "We stayed there almost illegally but you know statelessness is being illegal," she said. The Rohingya, described by the UN as the world's most persecuted people, have faced heightened fears of attack since dozens were killed in communal violence in 2012. According to Amnesty International, more than 750,000 Rohingya refugees, mostly children and women, fled Myanmar and crossed into neighboring Bangladesh after Myanmar forces launched a crackdown on the minority Muslim community in August 2017. (Footage by /Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)