In Photos: Pictures capturing pain and despair of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh camps

[4Vikram]

A mother with her her child at the Kutupalong makeshift camp.A violent crackdown on stateless Rohingya living in Bangladesh has led thousands of people to seek safety at Kutupalong makeshift camp. (Javier Arcenillas)

For more than half a century, the Rohingyas -- a Muslim minority in Myanmar -- have fled severe repression and persecution to seek refuge in Bangladesh and other neighbouring countries. Sadly, few among them find the assistance they desperately need and are instead forced to survive in huge ‘makeshift camps’ with little or no basic amenities such as food or water. Now, increasing violence and intimidation is forcing the Rohingya to flee once again.

Since the end of August 2017, close to 520,000 Rohingya refugees have arrived in the district of Cox’s Bazar in the far east of Bangladesh. There are now almost 700,000 people assembled in and around Kutupalong and Balukhali, two camps which had been set up several years ago, making it one of the largest refugee concentrations in the world. Most of the newly arrived refugees have moved into makeshift settlements without adequate access to shelter, food, clean water, or latrines.

The need of the hour is a massive scale-up of humanitarian aid in Bangladesh to avoid a huge public health disaster. Rohingya refugees fleeing to Bangladesh urgently require medical and humanitarian assistance, as an already dire humanitarian situation along the border with Myanmar worsens.

A 49-year-old father shared his story with MSF (Doctors Without Borders /Médecins Sans Frontières) of how his son was shot while the whole family was fleeing the violence. I brought him to the hospital here in Bangladesh, but left the other family members in the forest in Myanmar, in the open air, just hiding there. I haven’t heard from them for days now. I don’t know what to do, I feel so desperate.”

 

 

More than 200,000 people struggle to survive unrecognised and largely unassisted, vulnerable to ill health and exploitation. (Cristina De Middel)

 

 

More than 200,000 people struggle to survive unrecognised and largely unassisted, vulnerable to ill health and exploitation. (Cristina De Middel)

 

 

People in the rain at a border crossing on the Naf river, near Tekna. (Antonio Faccilongo)

 

 

Food security in and around the settlements is also incredibly fragile: newly arrived refugees are completely reliant on humanitarian aid, prices in the market are skyrocketing and the lack of roads is compromising access to the most vulnerable populations. (Antonio Faccilongo)

 

 

Most of the newly arrived refugees have moved into makeshift settlements without adequate access to shelter, food and clean water With little potable water available, people are drinking water collected from paddy fields, puddles, or hand-dug shallow wells which are often contaminated with excreta. (Antonio Faccilongo)

 

 

MSF runs a basic health programme in Kutupalong, providing much needed medical care to stateless Rohingya in Kutupalong makeshift camp and the host community. (Cristina De Middel)

[kingcasanova]

pain antiri despair antiri yekkada saaami? health kosam doctors kooda unnattunnaaru. ee maathram kooda leni vaallu indya lo ekkada choosina unnaaru vaaalla kosam eduddaaam.

[boeing747]

asalu ee rohingya muslims ki aa buddhists ki ayina godava endi? why these rohingyas running away to bangladesh

[mastercheif]

24 minutes ago, boeing747 said:

asalu ee rohingya muslims ki aa buddhists ki ayina godava endi? why these rohingyas running away to bangladesh

Aaku mullu story man 

[MRI]

46 minutes ago, boeing747 said:

asalu ee rohingya muslims ki aa buddhists ki ayina godava endi? why these rohingyas running away to bangladesh

similar to ltte in srilanka anukovachu bro.. veellu extremists kooda.. power lo vunnollu velladengtunnaru..

[kingcasanova]

36 minutes ago, MRI said:

similar to ltte in srilanka anukovachu bro.. veellu extremists kooda.. power lo vunnollu velladengtunnaru..

just like pundits were vella 10nged from kashmir by minorities

[Kontekurradu]

1 hour ago, kingcasanova said:

just like pundits were vella 10nged from kashmir by minorities

we dotn talk about Hindus, we only talk about Muslims. 
Stick to the topic 

[argadorn]

two side stories unayi : velllani valla indpedence mundhu varaku kuda myanmar people laga treat cheyaledhu anta ...indpedence vachaka vellu oka state cheskunaru akada no poltics no citizens no govt no food ...vallani scarcity lo pettaru so that they will fled to some other country ..

another side story enti antay ...vellu chatrapathi film lo prabhas laga myanmar govt medha poratam chestuhnaru like rebels with teh support of saudi and other rich islam countries...these people will go any extent ani oka article lo chadhiva...though they are staying in myanmar for 60 to 80 years veelaki benifits emi levu ...there govt didnt bend for rohingas like congress TMC in india...

[perugu_vada]

10 minutes ago, argadorn said:

two side stories unayi : velllani valla indpedence mundhu varaku kuda myanmar people laga treat cheyaledhu anta ...indpedence vachaka vellu oka state cheskunaru akada no poltics no citizens no govt no food ...vallani scarcity lo pettaru so that they will fled to some other country ..

another side story enti antay ...vellu chatrapathi film lo prabhas laga myanmar govt medha poratam chestuhnaru like rebels with teh support of saudi and other rich islam countries...these people will go any extent ani oka article lo chadhiva...though they are staying in myanmar for 60 to 80 years veelaki benifits emi levu ...there govt didnt bend for rohingas like congress TMC in india...

Interesting

e daridrapu media valla edhi correct news o teliyatledu, as they publish wat they want to, not wat the news is

[kingcasanova]

4 hours ago, Kontekurradu said:

we dotn talk about Hindus, we only talk about Muslims. 
Stick to the topic 

seriously baaa, mana kinda chaaatantha chinigi pothaa unte eduruggaa unna bokkalu lekkesukuntunnaam, eppudu maaruthaamo emo, evadikii ledu eee ibbandi manake vachindi 

[Maryadaramanna]

ee Pichi Poo..gallu minority ga vunte sentiment pondaalani chosstharu, pics lo ila ladies and chinna pillalni chupistharu. Majority avvataaniki pillalni thega kantaaru. Appudu inka we want sharia ani prathapam chupistharu. Veellu sakka ga vunte why would buddhist monks rebel and try to deport them. Veellu kuda vallani chalaa mandini champaru anta. These monks fear their Country not to become another Afghanisthan.  

Refugee camps lo vunna production aaparu. More than one lakh women in these camps are preganants anta. 

My personal Question is: why should they travel thousands of kilometers into Bangladesh and 5500 kms to enter India. Why would not they infiltrate into chine which is few miles away. AA communist gallu vella istam vachinattu aadaru kada, anduke emo???

[MRI]

7 hours ago, kingcasanova said:

just like pundits were vella 10nged from kashmir by minorities

pundits extremist fights cheyaledu kada bro

[Kontekurradu]

1 hour ago, kingcasanova said:

seriously baaa, mana kinda chaaatantha chinigi pothaa unte eduruggaa unna bokkalu lekkesukuntunnaam, eppudu maaruthaamo emo, evadikii ledu eee ibbandi manake vachindi 

Ante, eda Hindus gurunci matladithe Communal BJP supporter, Modi bhakt. 

Ade Muslimns gurunchi matladithe , only muslims p[aduthunaa badhala gurunchi, valla manchitnam gurucni matladithene, you r are secular and good person 

[MRI]

1 minute ago, Maryadaramanna said:

ee Pichi Poo..gallu minority ga vunte sentiment pondaalani chosstharu, pics lo ila ladies and chinna pillalni chupistharu. Majority avvataaniki pillalni thega kantaaru. Appudu inka we want sharia ani prathapam chupistharu. Veellu sakka ga vunte why would buddhist monks rebel and try to deport them. Veellu kuda vallani chalaa mandini champaru anta. These monks fear their Country not to become another Afghanisthan.  

Refugee camps lo vunna production aaparu. More than one lakh women in these camps are preganants anta. 

My personal Question is: why should they travel thousands of kilometers into Bangladesh and 5500 kms to enter India. Why would not they infiltrate into chine which is few miles away. AA communist gallu vella istam vachinattu aadaru kada, anduke emo???

or travel east into malaysia or muslim countries..

[Maryadaramanna]

2 minutes ago, MRI said:

or travel east into malaysia or muslim countries..

Yes, that's an option. Ee rich turka gallu pakkene vunna syria vollane raaneeledu, inka ee labour gallani em pattinchuntaaru... pichi fruits