Rohingya refugees are turning to crime to make ends meet, as a UN-organised initiative warns areas of Bangladesh where they reside face severe food insecurity
that nearly 2,000 hectares of forest reserves have also been damaged due to the settlements, depriving the local community of a means to earn a living from forests.
Around 750,000 kilograms of timber, vegetation, and roots are collected daily by the community from the forest for cooking fuel.Most Rohingya headed to the southeastern region of Chittagong, or to Cox’s Bazar to escape persecution and killings by the Myanmar government, which the UN has described asThe situation with food scarcity is forcing some Rohingya into petty crime to make ends meet.
. The assailants, who were all young Rohingya refugees, were staying in a camp nearby and were hiding weapons on a hill when they encountered the officers. In March, a female Rohingya refugee was killed during an apparent gunfight with border guards, also in Cox’s Bazar.“The Bangladesh government needs to find proper solutions. Otherwise it is likely that incidents such as shootings… are likely to rise,” Nazmus Sakib, a local journalist, toldSource: TRT World
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