Rohingya camps on the Myanmar-Bangladesh border. Victoria Milko

Southeast Asia Dispatches — Episode 19

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This week, Victoria Milko visits refugee camps on the Myanmar-Bangladesh border around the two-year anniversary of an exodus of Rohingya from Myanmar (00:50), Kelly Anissa speaks to Malaysian students protesting against their university’s involvement in a problematic event (16:54), and Kirsten Han reflects on the state of dissent and activism in Singapore (26:21).

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