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from leaving their shelters after dark. For women, going to the latrine has become especially dangerous
due to increases in SGBV. Some have compared the security situation in Bangladesh to that of Myanmar:
“No, I don’t feel safe in the camp,” said Sabina, a 30-year-old Rohingya woman. “We feel the
same here as we did under the threat of the Myanmar Military. At night, we feel very worried
that the police, thugs, or thieves can come to us. It’s more worrisome if we have a beautiful daughter or some more savings. It’s like we feel more unsafe here than we did in Myanmar.” 93
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Karim, a 27-year-old Rohingya man, speaks of the impact that
restrictions have on Rohingya health and well-being:
“If a foreigner comes to visit the Rohingyas here, he will find that the Rohingya people are very thin and
with faces resembling the impacts of their poor mental state because people without good mental health
don’t look good physically and they can’t grow physically as well. You can spot the difference immediately.
If you bring ten Rohingya and ten Bangladeshis closely standing together, you can immediately say who
are the Rohingya by their poor physical appearance, because the difference
between the two groups is; one has a country that they can call home and
have all the rights as human beings, and the other has nothing like that.”
“The difference between
the two groups is; one has
a country that they can
call home and have all
the rights as human
beings, and the other
has nothing like that.”