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  • Rohingya Refugees and Bangladesh’s Infamous Monsoon: A Story of Survival

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    Beat on the Ground  //  September 19, 2018  //  By Saleh Ahmed
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    When I arrived at Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar in July, the infamous monsoon was well underway. The rain was intense, roads were muddy, and it was very difficult to move around. Cox’s Bazar—the closest big town to the Rohingya refugee camps—is now the base city for most of the humanitarian agencies working with the refugees. The distance between Cox’s Bazar and Kutupalong Camp—the world’s largest refugee camp—is barely 30 kilometers. However, due to the rain and the area’s hilly terrain, it seemed like it took ages to get there.

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  • The Rohingya Refugee Crisis: Photos Show Bangladesh Camps Are Vulnerable to Impending Monsoons

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    Eye On  //  Guest Contributor  //  March 28, 2018  //  By Saleh Ahmed

    In late 2017, I visited the several Rohingya refugee camps (Leda, Mainner Ghona, & Kutupalong-Balukhali Makeshift Settlements) in Ukhia Upazila (Cox’s Bazar District), Bangladesh. These camps are home to more than a million refugees escaping ethnic violence in Myanmar.

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