Rohingyas face prison-like conditions in Bangladesh camps: report

RFA
John Bechtel and Ahammad Foyez
2023.09.22
Washington and Dhaka

Rohingya say movement restrictions are ‘violently enforced’ by Bangladesh security personnel.

Rohingya refugees look on after a major fire which left thousands homeless in the Balukhali camp in the Cox's Bazar district of Bangladesh, Sunday, March 5, 2023.
AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu

Nearly two-thirds of Rohingya respondents have reported that moving around in Bangladesh refugee camps is more difficult than what they encountered in Myanmar, the country they were forced to flee, a youth advocacy group said in a study released Friday.