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Rohingya, Tears of Despair

2019-09-12T11:04:29.081Z


After the Myanmar government's sweeping operation, the Myanmar Minority Muslim Rohingya refugees who fled to Bangladesh and had about 700,000 people. Many of them lived in camps for two years. Why is it becoming longer? Coxba ...


Rohingya refugee camp on the outskirts of Cox's Bazaar. A simple house has a hole in it or is about to collapse.

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After the Myanmar government's sweeping operation, the Myanmar Minority Muslim Rohingya refugees who fled to Bangladesh and had about 700,000 people. Many of them lived in camps for two years. Why is it becoming longer? (Cox Bazaar = Ken Narabe, Ryota Somedaya)

At the refugee camp in the suburbs of Cox's Bazar in southeastern Bangladesh, on August 22, there was a meeting for returnees, but no one appeared. “I'm sorry this time, but I would like to work with the Myanmar government to make a return.” Abul Karum, head of the Bangladesh government, told the press.

Although the government of Myanmar and Bangladesh announced that the return to Japan was about a week ago, refugees complained that “the way to acquire nationality is not clear” and “the safety after returning is not secured”.

Limited to education

About 60% of refugees (over 400,000 people) are children. As refugee life is prolonged, education is becoming an issue.

“One, Two, Three, Four”. At the Learning Center that the UN and NGOs started in refugee camps last year, 40 children were counting in English in a hut without desks and chairs.

Children who learn to read and write = Cox's Bazaar, Takeshi Narabe

Classes are 2 hours a day. Rohingya women who studied as students at the Center last year are teachers. A 5-6 year old infant and a 15 year old boy are learning together. There is no older age, and about 25,000 people are not educated. Mr. Full Khan (17) says, “I want to study, but there is no place or teaching material.

The reason for the lack of support for education is ...

Source: asahi

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