Fleeing Burma: The Rohingya in Britain
In a photo-essay for the Portfolio section of the Summer 2011 issue of World Policy Journal, Saiful Huq Omi documented the lives of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh—members of a Muslim minority community who fled persecution at the hands of the military junta that rules Burma, their homeland.
Though preferable in many ways to the oppression they faced in Burma (now officially known as Myanmar), life in Bangladesh is extremely difficult for the Rohingya, many of whom are denied legal status as refugees. Some Rohingya, however, have been granted asylum in places where conditions are less dire, including Britain.Omi also spent time with a small community of Rohingya now living in Bradford, a city of around 300,000 residents in Northern England.
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Every evening, Rohingya gather in the city center of Bradford to chat and socialize.
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All photos © Saiful Huq Omi.
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