Video images taken on the 8th January, 2017 at Rohingya Refugee Camp, Kutupalong, Teknaf, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh:
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Rohingya people of the Myanmar have started arriving as refugees to Bangladesh in the early 1990s. They are still arriving in great numbers.
The last big arrival was caused by the atrocities that took place in October 2016, ohchr.org; CNN; time.com; bbc.com
These refugees who arrived following the last wave of atrocities in October 2016 have received very little or no any assistance from the UNHCR, IOM, the Government of Bangladesh or any other organization.
They are starving. Living in dismal conditions, suffering from injuries inflicted by the Myanmar Military.
They desperately need help from the international community.
In this video Rohingya Refugee Dil Mohammed tells me that he arrived at this Camp 10/15 days ago. When they were attacked, they left the home at once, there was no time even to close the doors. He could not bring any money with him, not even the clothes, he tells me.
He arrived by walking through the hilly forests that separates Myanmar and Bangladesh. It was horrible, he tell me. His entire family could not come with him. Some of his children are still behind, but they are alive, he says.
They are eight now in his family in Kutupalong Camp. He did not receive any help, food or otherwise, from any body yet. He does not know if any help is given at the Camp by the Govt. or by any NGOs. he received no information.
I told him that many NGOs have their offices at the nearby Kutupalong Bazar. Did he try to get any help from there? He said he tried once or twice, but could not get through the big crowd of people there. He adds that he felt embarrassed to look for food from people. He was a well to do farmer in Myanmar.
I asked him if the refugees who came earlier are helping the newcomers with information. He said no. I had a volunteer with me who is also a Rohingya refugee who came some months ago. He confirmed that there is no such organized effort among the old refugees in the Camp to help the new comers with information.
This is important because although these Rohigya people speak a distant dialect of Bengali, their language quite different from the language of the local population. Besides, they do not know the locality, or the governance structure of Bangladesh. They are also in severe distress.
No Govt. or non-Govt. organization came to register him as a refugee.
He and his family are going through severe hardships. The night before our conversation the family had boiled rice with a green chilli chatni. They had no food that day up to the time when we had the conversation, around 12.55 pm.
More stories from Kutupalong Refugee Camp
1. Rohingya Refugee Sikander tells his story. Refugee Camp, Kutupalong, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh: https://www.youtube.com/edit?video_id=bkTx_ycgfBg
In this video we see Rohingya Refugees are erasing parts of hills in order to make room for building new huts. Bangladesh Government destroyed some of the huts built earlier, but they are building again. In reply to my question Sikander, a Rohingya Refugee who came 10/15 days earlier said there is no other place to build a hut around here. The hills are the only place not occupied by the Bangladeshi people. Sikander told me that he is now living in his relative's hut. His relatives are also refugees in this Camp who came earlier. His relatives are also paying for his hut, which is being built behind him. He does not whether the Government of Bangladesh is providing any food or other help. Nobody gave him any information.
2. Rohingya Refugee Sirajul Islam tells me that his house in Myanmar was burnt by the Military: https://www.youtube.com/edit?video_id=HZyWMTnGwds
In this video wee numerous new makeshift huts built on hillsides.
This Refugee, Sirajul Islam, tells me that his house in Myanmar was burnt by the Military.
He received 25 Kilograms rice from the Government of Bangladesh. He does not know if there will be more help later. He was not registered as a refugee at the Camp, no paperwork whatsoever was done. He collected the rice in exchange of a token which was given earlier by a 'Majhi', a community leader, in the Camp.
No body gave him any information regarding how he may register himself as a refugee so that he may receive more assistance. His fellow refugees are themselves in great distress, he tells me, and are unable to help.
3. Views from the Kutupalong Refugee Camp, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh: Rohingya Refugee Camp, Kutupalong, Teknaf, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh
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4. Erased Hills and broken huts: Rohingya Refugee Camp, Kutupalong: https://www.youtube.com/edit?video_id=mWZg9vEmLUM
In this video we see huts built by the Rohingya Refugees are destroyed by the Department of Forest, which manages this area.
5. A section of the Kutupalong Refugee Camp: https://www.youtube.com/edit?video_id=0ut7TK2tJ2s: This video shows a section of the Kutupalong Refugee Camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. This section of the Camp has both old and new refugees, some are living in this Camp for 15 to 20 years. We see a Mosque built for the old refugees.
In the last part of this video clip we see a refugee opened a tiny shop on a table top catering for other refugees. He is selling lozenges, biscuits, carbonated bottled drinks etc.
6. A Market in the Kutupalong Refugee Camp, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh: A Market in the Kutupalong Refugee Camp, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh
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7. A day Inside the Kutupalong Camp: one refugee shows his broken leg: A day Inside the Kutupalong Camp: one refugee shows his broken leg
We distribute some rice among the newly arrived refugees. One refugee shows me his broken leg in braces. Military broke his leg with a rod, he says. He treated the broken leg with brace in Bangladesh. He did not receive any medical assistance from any body in this Camp.
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8. Man cutting side of a hill inside Kutupalong Refugee Camp, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh: YouTube
A man is cutting the side of a hill inside Kutupalong Refugee camp. It is not clear whether he is a refugee or a local Bangladeshi. There are rice fields behind him planted by the locals Bangladeshis.
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