Rohingyas: Refugees hope Pope will be 'able to help' them Pope Francis referred to refugees who have fled Myanmar for Bangladesh as "Rohingya", using the politically sensitive name for the persecuted minority for the first time on an Asia tour dominated by their plight after meeting some of them in Dhaka. In the refugee camp of Shamlapur, Rohingya refugees hope that the Pope "will be able to help" them. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES