Burma Human Rights Network’s report: “We also have dreams” Smaller fires continued to break out at seemingly random spots throughout the camps causing the community great anxiety that another large fire could occur and pose risks to their lives and properties. The arson attacks seemed to stop once Ramadan began on 12 April. While the circumstances surrounding the fires could not be established, what is clear is that a dangerous situation materialized inside the camps and the residents started living in fear of the community hosting them and the authorities assigned to protect them. This situation alone requires immediate attention and significant efforts to mediate and establish trust and cooperation. “As fires are set everywhere, our people have to stay up at night in order to guard, and are unable to sleep during the day or at night. We are very worried when thinking that a fire could be set up somewhere” A 55year-old woman told BHRN. A 47-year-old woman told BHRN, “The current situation in the camp is very difficult. The summer has come, With smoke from suspected arson in the background and we are suffering from the heat. It’s also hard that shelters are being set on fire. The situation is very serious with the fires in the shelters. Balukali was burnt down. Intentional fires are appearing in different areas here. We can’t sleep at night. We stay up. So, we are just sad about these events.” A 40-year-old woman who lost her shelter in an arson attack told BHRN, “The Humanitarians provide some rations of spoiled foods which we somehow eat after washing them. We don’t get rice. The shelters have been set on fire and we couldn’t even save a single item of clothing or anything. I was even about to get burnt. We could also have been killed in the fire. Somehow, Allah saved our lives. All the things have burnt down, so how can we cook and eat? We aren’t getting rice and other things. The Humanitarians provided some packs of cooked rice but they were inedible. The people who have relatives, sometimes they provide support and sometimes they don’t. We live on our own. In particular, we are in hardship with food and clothes as well. We cannot even take a bath. You can see how dirty-looking I am with only the one dress left that I am wearing.” www.bhrn.org.uk 40