Laignee Barron is a Southeast Asia based journalist covering politics and refugee issues. She has written for The Guardian, CS Monitor, Quartz, Nikkei Asian Review, and others. Find her on Twitter @Laignee. https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/contributor/laignee-barron/rss en Crises & Conflicts Thu, 02 Nov 2017 03:00:37 +0000 Laignee Barron https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2017/11/02/how-hatred-of-rohingya-was-inflamed-by-myanmars-democratic-transition https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2017/11/02/how-hatred-of-rohingya-was-inflamed-by-myanmars-democratic-transition The Rohingya refugee crisis arose from a ‘perfect storm’ of ethnic and religious discrimination and Myanmar’s ongoing transition from decades of military rule, says journalist Francis Wade, whose new book explains the roots of the current crisis.