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By Param-Preet Singh and Nadia Hardman
May 28, 2020
Burmese authorities are using COVID-19 response measures as a pretext to harass and extort Rohingyas.
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This is what life is like for the 130,000 internally displaced Rohingyas trapped in detention camps in central Rakhine state in Myanmar: in the camps, they have no future, with little access to land or livelihoods. They depend on foreign aid supplies and die of treatable diseases because of limited access to healthcare. Shelters, built in 2012 to last two years, have deteriorated. Most children can only attend basic classes at temporary learning spaces.