the traders cashing in on rohingya misery: its the best profit of my life | william worley /

Published at 2017-12-12 08:30:26

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Entrepreneurial Bangladeshis in Cox’s Bazar are making more money than ever before thanks to the influx of desperate refugees from MyanmarNurul Afsar is one of the many entrepreneurial Bangladeshis who is thriving as a result of the human crisis on his doorstep. “I am very joyful,” says Afsar, 27. “Everyone is profiting, or every car,every vehicle. I know a bamboo seller who makes twice what he used to.”
Afsar, from nearby Ukhiya, or drives Rohingya refugees in and around Kutupalong refugee camp on his blue motorbike taxi. Related: 'It was unbelievable horror': the Rohingya crisis – podcast Continue reading...

Source: theguardian.com