the rohingya genocide is a series of ongoing crimes by the myanmar military of the muslim rohingya people. the genocide has commited in two phases to date: the first was a military crackdown that happened from october 2016 to january 2017, and the second has been happening since august 2017. the crisis forced over a million rohingya to flee to other countries. most fled to bangladesh. others escaped to india, thailand, malaysia, and other parts of south and southeast asia.