ASANKA BRENDON RATNAYAKE

Rohingya IDP camps Sittwe

SITTWE , MYANMAR - JULY 18 : Rohingya man named Kormular aged 38 stands in front of a broken water pump. According to Kormular an INGO has promised to fix the pump on a number of occasions but have yet to do so. An estimated 110,000 ethnic Rohingya live in an overcrowded IDP camp in the outskirts of Sittwe. The Rohingya continually make attempts to flee the camps by fishing boat and seek asylum in neighbouring Islamic countries however often fall victim to human traffickers. At current they are a stateless people believed to be illegal immigrants from Bangladesh. According to the UN the Rohingya are one of the most persecuted minorities in the world. Sittwe, Rakhine State Myanmar on July 18 2015.

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SITTWE , MYANMAR - JULY 18 : Rohingya man named Kormular aged 38 stands in front of a broken water pump. According to Kormular an INGO has promised to fix the pump on a number of occasions but have yet to do so. An estimated 110,000 ethnic Rohingya live in an overcrowded IDP camp in the outskirts of Sittwe. The Rohingya continually make attempts to flee the camps by fishing boat and seek asylum in neighbouring Islamic countries however often fall victim to human traffickers. At current they are a stateless people believed to be illegal immigrants from Bangladesh. According to the UN the Rohingya are one of the most persecuted minorities in the world. Sittwe, Rakhine State Myanmar on July 18 2015.