Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh face little hope of repatriation

Sub-title: 

More than 700,000 refugees from Myanmar facing dire conditions at Cox's Bazar camps two years after they fled violence.

Description: 

"Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh - Driving through the Rohingya refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, bamboo huts with makeshift tarpaulin roofs stretch across the hilly horizon as far as the eye can see, while flags with the names of aid organisations ripple in the breeze. Along the road, young boys carry reusable orange butane tanks up a hill to get in line for the day, to wait for free cooking gas, while men walk by carrying white bags of rice to bring back to their families. A few more metres down the road, a school building has been built in the grass, but remains mostly empty, with few shirtless children and cows wandering around it, no teachers or education supplies to be found. "Compared to Myanmar, Bangladesh still feels like paradise," said Metun*, a Rohingya refugee who has been living in Kutupalong refugee camp since 2017..."

Creator/author: 

Victoria Milko

Source/publisher: 

"Al Jazeera"

Date of Publication: 

2019-08-22

Date of entry: 

2019-08-22

Grouping: 

  • Individual Documents

Category: 

Countries: 

Myanmar, Bangladesh

Administrative areas of Burma/Myanmar: 

Rakhine State

Language: 

English

Resource Type: 

text

Text quality: 

    • Good