More than 700,000 ethnic Rohingya from Myanmar fled to Bangladesh following a campaign of targeted violence against the

community that began in August 2017. Within weeks, the exodus was recognized as the world’s fastest growing refugee crisis.

The new arrivals joined some 200,000 other Rohingya who had fled earlier waves of violence and persecution in Myanmar. Most are

living in fragile shelters in overcrowded settlements where they are vulnerable to the spread of disease.

The Rohingya are a predominantly Muslim ethnic minority who have lived in Myanmar for hundreds of years.

Denied citizenship by Myanmar’s government, they are stateless and face particular challenges obtaining access to

health care and other basic rights.

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It is clear that Syria's refugees fled their homeland to escape its devastating war. But other than an end

to the fighting, what would make them want to return home?

More than five million Syrians have left their country since the war started in 2011.

Most are now in neighbouring countries, with about 3.5 million in Turkey and one million in Lebanon. More than half

a million travelled to Germany, with smaller numbers in other European nations.

To find out what changes they hope for, the Carnegie Middle East Center held a series of meetings involving

about 320 refugees in Lebanon and Jordan.