Footage released by Medecins Sans Frontieres on August 22 offers a view of the conditions and scale of Bangladesh’s Rohingya refugee camps.
One year ago, the Myanmar Army launched renewed ‘clearance operations’ against the Rohingya, forcing more than 706,000 people to flee into Bangladesh.
MSF provided over 650,000 medical consultations to the Rohingya fleeing Myanmar, they said over half of their patients were treated for violence-related injuries. Others were treated for conditions that arose due to the unhygienic conditions in the overcrowded camps.
“I’ve lost my strength, my ability to work. I always have so many worries, worries about the future,” says Abu Ahmad, a Rohingya father of eight. “I think about food, clothes, peace and our suffering… If I stay in this place for 10 years … or even for one month, I will have to suffer this pain.” Credit: Medecins Sans Frontieres via Storyful