Mizan, 35, who lives on the island with her two daughters, Saker, 9, and Nur Bibi, 7, said that at the education her daughters are receiving on the island is actually less than what they were getting in the camps: My two daughters used to go to the learning centers run by IOM [International Organization for Migration] for two years. We have been here now for almost six months and my daughters brought all their belongings, bags, and books, to continue studying here, but there aren’t even learning centers here, my daughters cannot continue their education. 120 Parents expressed concern that their children have missed years of education. “I could not complete my study back in Rakhine State because Myanmar authorities did not allow us to go for further education after completing standard 10,” Bosor said. “Here in Bangladesh I am seeing the same fate for my sons.” 121 Lack of Adequate Health Care Accounts from aid workers and refugees indicates that healthcare facilities and capacity on the island are inadequate to ensure refugees’ right to health and the right to life. 122 Human Rights Watch interviewed 14 people who sought medical care on the island, all of whom said they experienced inadequate care. In four cases, when following up with the families, we learned that the patients later died. In each of these cases the families believed their relative’s death was due to grossly inadequate emergency medical care on the island. 120 Human Rights Watch interview with Mizan, Bhasan Char, Bangladesh, May 6, 2021. 121 Human Rights Watch interview with Bosor, Bhasan Char, Bangladesh, May 10, 2021. 122 See ICESCR, article 12 (right to the highest attainable standard of health); International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) G.A. res. 2200A (XXI), 21 U.N. GAOR Supp. (No. 16) at 52, U.N. Doc. A/6316 (1966), 999 U.N.T.S. 171, entered into force March 23, 1976, article 6 (right to life). UN Human Rights Committee, General comment no. 36, Article 6 (Right to Life), 3 September 2019, CCPR/C/GC/35, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/5e5e75e04.html (accessed May 20, 2021) states in para. 25: “A heightened duty to protect the right to life also applies to individuals quartered in liberty restricting State-run facilities, such as mental health facilities, military camps, refugee camps and camps for internally displaced persons, juvenile institutions and orphanages.” “AN ISLAND JAIL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SEA” 38

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