Bangladesh: One year on and Rohingya refugees are still trapped in a cycle of suffering and poor health

One year since over 700,000 Rohingya were forced to flee from Myanmar into Bangladesh, the denial of their legal status, coupled with unacceptable living conditions in haphazard makeshift camps, continues to trap refugees in a cycle of suffering and poor health.

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Mah: “ My family fled to Bangladesh after our village was set on fire. There is no one left there now – the village is empty.”

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Many of the Rohingya who crossed into Bangladesh walked through the mountains before taking a boat like this across the water.

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Abu Ahmad: “I always have so many worries; worries about the future.”  

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Abu Ahmad: "We are still from Myanmar, we will return. "

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