I was in a refugee camp in Arakan state. I did not know that people could survive on so little. Today I was walking through an area covered with small tents and people in all ages. The camp was one registered by the government.The people living here received a small ration of food once a month and a simple tent that would serve as their house. They were also given some toilets to share with hundreds of others.
In order to receive these ‘privileges’ which only about 1/3 of the 100,000 people who are currently homeless in Arakan state receive, the people in this camp had also signed a form that stated they were Bengali Muslims. By doing so, they had given the government the right to call them immigrant, or Kala, which means foreigner or immigrant in Burmese. You see, the people living in the camp are Muslims…
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