Photo: @rubensalgadoescudero // Two brothers eat breakfast early in the morning outside their home in Say Thar Mar Gyi camp, in Myanmar's Rakhine State. The situation for the Rohingya people has only worsened in Myanmar's Rakhine State. Since violence broke out between the Rakhine Buddhist community and the Muslim Rohingya in 2012, life for the Rohingya has been a living nightmare, being considered today as one of the most persecuted people in the world. According to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, The number of Rohingya Muslims fleeing to Bangladesh in the last two weeks to escape the violence in Myanmar has shot up to about 270,000. The fresh influx of refugees across the border has overwhelmed camps in Bangladesh that were already bursting at the seams. Originally from Bangladesh, the Rohingya have been in Myanmar for over 300 years, and have lived amongst the Rakhine people for generations although the government has not considered them Burmese since decades. The Rohingya are experiencing an attempt to rid them of any rights, well-being, and even identity, deeming them stateless in their own country. In the coastal city of Sittwe, the government has forcibly moved over 140,000 Rohingya out of their homes into special IDP (internally displaced people) camps, or rural ghettos which stand in the periphery of the town. With armed police check-points placed all through the camps, the Rohingya are essentially trapped in a place where there is virtually no hope for a future. Most of the Rohingya here are unemployed, education is only offered to a few, food is scarce for many and there is a health humanitarian crisis, where people die on a regular basis from perfectly curable diseases. After more than three years living under such conditions, many of the Rohingya here want a way out, and are willing to risk everything including their lives, to escape. Families gather together what money they have to make a dangerous journey in an overcrowded boat sailing through the night. The dream is to reach Malaysia, a Muslim country which they hope will accept them and give them a chance to have a fresh start to a better life. Myanmar's de facto leader, Nob

thephotosocietyさん(@thephotosociety)が投稿した動画 - 2017/09/12 06:39:29