Bangladesh’s Rohingya camps – promise or peril? Bangladesh’s announcement that it will move two camps housing some 30,000 officially documented Rohingya refugees has heightened anxieties among the Muslim minority, who fled persecution in neighbouring Myanmar. Observers applaud the possibility of improving camp conditions, but are concerned the move could also increase insecurity. On 6 November, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, in a meeting with the Disaster Management and Relief Ministry, said the camps would be moved to a “better location”, which was later described by her press secretary as a larger space. The prime minister reportedly acknowledged that the current camp conditions were “inhumane”. But in the two registered camps jointly administered by the government of Bangladesh and the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) – Kutupalong and Nayapara – details remain murky and distrust high as resident Rohingyas have faced decades of ill-treatment in Bangladesh. burmatimes.net/bangladeshs-rohingya-camps-promise-or-peril/
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