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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Sarah Aziz

‘We’ve lost all hope’: Rohingya trapped as Bangladesh closes Myanmar border

A man carries two boys as an older boy travels with them
Rohingya refugees crossing into Bangladesh in 2017. Nearly a million of the Muslim minority have fled from Myanmar and live in squalid camps in Bangladesh. Photograph: Zuma/Alamy

In the dim light of his home in Arakan, Myanmar, Mohammed is talking above the wailing of his youngest child. All three of his children are hungry, he says. The 32-year-old Rohingya man’s parents, leaning together against the wall, are just visible as Mohammed speaks on the video call.

He fears for his safety too much to allow his surname to be used – Rakhine state is a dangerous place to be after four years of Myanmar’s civil war.

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