Rakhine, one of the poorest and most isolated states in Myanmar, is ‘home’ to some 800,000 Rohingya, who surely count as the world’s most persecuted people.

They have remained stateless for decades, with neither home nor citizenship, popping up on the world’s consciousness only when a humanitarian crisis strikes - like the ongoing reality drama of life and death, being played across Southeast Asia seas with boatloads of people stuck adrift after Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia all took steps to block them from landing on their shores.