Jhohura (13) and her brother Anis (1) pose for a portrait in Kutupalong newly expanded camp on March 6, 2017 in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. A Rohingya child suffering from malnutrition at Kutupalong Refugee Camp, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. Malnutrition among the refugee camps’ children is commonplace. About 70,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled to Bangladesh from Myanmar since October 9, 2016 after the Burmese military launched clearance operations in response to an attack on border police. The U.N. human rights office said in a report that Myanmar’s security forces had committed mass killings, torture and gang rapes of Rohingya Muslims and burned their villages.Since 1992, about 32,000 registered Rohingya have been living in two United Nations camps near Cox’s Bazar, but estimates of unregistered refugees range from 200,000 to 500,000. Many of them live in two sprawling makeshift shelters close to the official camps, while others are scattered across southeast Bangladesh. As a result, most of these unregistered refugees are suffering. Basic food, medical care and safety are not available in these camps, thus creating an insecure and vulnerable life.
