Who’ll stop the rain? After the horrors of Myanmar, Rohingya refugees now face the monsoon season

Bangladesh , Human Rights , Journalism May 15, 2018 No Comments

On a barren hilltop in the Balukhali refugee camp, not far from the border he crossed seven months ago, Muhammad Eleas has a panoramic view of what many consider a disaster waiting to happen. “When the rain comes,” he says, “everyone living here will suffer.”

Mr Eleas, 63, is one of an estimated 700,000 Rohingya refugees to have arrived in Bangladesh since violence against Myanmar’s Rohingya minority worsened in August last year. There are so many of them in the Kutupalong-Balukhali complex—the “megacamp,” as it is informally known—that it is technically the fourth largest city in the country.

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Matthew Clayfield

Matthew Clayfield is a journalist, critic and screenwriter.

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