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Daily life in Southern Rakhine IDP Camps

A man living in Tandowlee supports his family and village by helping with communal labor. He is unable work outside his community. Although he is considered free—he still lives in his original village and survived the 2012 violence without having to register for the camps—if he were to attempt to leave his village, he will either be arrested by the police, or killed by the Rakhine people. The visuals shows the inhumane living conditions inflicted on of the Rohingya Muslim minority by the militarized Rakhine State. In 2012, many Rohingya were forced to relocate to displacement camps after the Rakhine people burned their villages to ash. Since then, the Rohingya are no longer recognized as Burmese citizens. Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya are barely surviving on scant government food rations, all but nonexistent access to healthcare, dilapidated housing shelters, and the perpetual fear of renewed attacks on their communities. Most now live in horrific conditions in the displacement camps with no government or NGO assistance. (Photo by Jade Sacker/NurPhoto)

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