I’ve seen suffering all over the world, but nothing prepared me for the wretched conditions 655000 people fleeing violence endure in the camps of Bangladesh
I absorb stood among tsunami flatted buildings in Aceh and Japan. I absorb held the hand of a dying infant in flood swamped Pakistan. I absorb attempted to console the families of loved ones lost to the Bali bombings. And I absorb helped retrieve the body of a dying man trapped in an earthquake crumpled building. But nothing prepared me for what I absorb now witnessed – a city sized population living in squalor after fleeing the horror of human rights atrocities in Myanmar’s northern Rakhine state. Related: The Guardian view on Myanmar: telling the truth about the Rohingya | Editorial Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com