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A young child stands under a shelter as monsoon rains hit on August 28th, 2018, in Unchiprang refugee camp, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Tuesday marked the one-year anniversary since a wave of violence forced more than 720,000 Rohingya to flee into the Cox's Bazar district. United Nations investigators said on Monday that Myanmar's army had carried out genocide against the Rohingya in Rakhine state, and that its top military figures must be investigated for crimes against minorities across the country. The U.N. report accused Myanmar's military of murders, imprisonments, enforced disappearances, torture, rape, and other forms of sexual violence in Rakhine state, all of which constitute crimes against humanity.
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Viewfinder: Monsoon Rains Hit Refugee Camps One Year After Thousands of Rohingya Fled Into Bangladesh

A young child stands under a shelter as monsoon rains hit on August 28th, 2018, in Unchiprang refugee camp, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.

By Pacific Standard Staff
Palestinians from the Shuafat refugee camp stand on part of the separation wall on April 26th, 2018, after it collapsed due to heavy rainfall and floods.
Lands of Metamorphosis

'Everyone's Sick Here': The Abysmal State of Health Care for Palestinian Refugees

In the West Bank, complications continue to fracture an already maligned health-care system.

By Kenneth R. Rosen
Kurdish refugees from the Syrian town of Kobani walk besides their tents in a camp in the southeastern town of Suruc on the Turkish-Syrian border.
Environment

Creating a More Sustainable Refugee Camp

In Portugal, a group of environmentalists and social planners is trying to model a more ecological design for refugee settlements.

By Sara-Duana Meyer
Rohingya Muslim refugees queue for aid suplies at the Kutupalong camp on December 4th, 2017.
Economics

Using Cryptocurrency to Bring Work to Refugees

Start-ups are looking to create a gig economy in refugee camps through the use of blockchain technology, but will it work?

By Sarah Holder
Displaced Syrians, who fled their homes in the eastern Syrian city of Deir Ezzor, carry boxes of humanitarian aid supplied by the United Nations Children's Fund at a refugee camp in Syria's northeastern Hassakeh province on February 26th, 2018.
Social Justice

Viewfinder: A Refugee Camp in Northeastern Syria

Displaced Syrians carry boxes of humanitarian aid supplied by the United Nations Children's Fund at a refugee camp in Syria's northeastern Hassakeh province on February 26th, 2018.

By Pacific Standard Staff