Dhaka Tribune
Siam Sarower Jamil
Publish : 10 Mar 2024,
- Such illegal activities take place in broad daylight without any obstacles
- Refugees using the mobile networks of Myanmar and Bangladesh
- Mobile banking available because of the availability of illegal SIM cards
- Authorities in the dark
The image shows a shop at a Rohingya camp in Cox's Bazar. Photo: SK Sharifuddin Ahad/Dhaka Tribune
While the Bangladesh government, foreigners, and development partners are sympathetic towards the Rohingya community living in the world’s largest refugee camps at Ukhiya and Teknaf in Cox’s Bazar, their involvement in various crimes involving drugs, arms, and human trafficking has been commonplace since the biggest exodus in history in 2017.