Sunday, September 03, 2023

Guess where is the world's largest refugee camp

 AlJ has a long article about the world's largest refugee camp: of the Rohingye, who were Muslim Bengalis whose ancestors moved to Burma a century ago and are now being expelled by that country, and many live in make shift shelters in Bengldesh.

the article is not just a vague "ain't it awful and I talked to one person sob sob" type of report that too often is how it is framed in western media sites, but gets into the nitty gritty of the logistics. (one latrine for 54 people, how many people in each makeshift hut, and how do you build them from tarps and bamboo, etc.).

the plan is to send them back, but Myamar/Burma doesn't want them because they never assimilated, and there was a worry about Islamic terrorism being spread from these areas (this may be an exaggerated worry)... and of course where would they go if they return? and their homes have been destroyed so where would they go?


sigh.
and conditions are made worse with heavy monsoon rains that flood the area of the camps.

most of the videos are from five years ago when attacks on their villages resulted in many fleeing.

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