After the alleged genocide of the Rohingya by the military in Myanmar in 2017, violence is now escalating again. Why is the Muslim minority so hated?
In the monsoon season, when it rains so heavily in Bangladesh that it is unimaginable in Europe, the red clay of the hills turns into a slippery quagmire. The huge tent camp, hastily erected seven years ago, is still made of bamboo and plastic sheeting. The government in Bangladesh prohibits the construction of permanent dwellings: it fears that the people who live here might come up with the idea of staying. And so every monsoon rain washes away the tarpaulins and bamboo, flushes the feces from makeshift toilets into what were once green rice fields, turning everyday life into a struggle for survival.
Source: Stern
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