Relocating Rohingya refugees to a flood-prone island is a dangerous idea
The world’s largest refugee camp, a densely packed agglomeration of bamboo and tarp huts with 626,000 people, sits near this town in Bangladesh. It expanded rapidly and haphazardly following an ethnic cleansing campaign against the Rohingya minority in Myanmar last August.
“Our entire village came together and settled on this spot”, said a 19-year-old refugee who arrived in September. “At first this was a jungle, but we cleared it. Now there are no trees”.
Monsoon season is here, and high winds and flooding are happening now. For months, the refugees have been busily shoring up their huts, but the camp remains vulnerable.… Seguir leyendo »