In 2017, Over 700,000 Rohingyas fled targeted campaigns of violence launched by the Myanmar military against this minority in Rakhine state, southwest Myanmar. Since then, three Rohingya photographers have documented people ’s daily lives in the biggest refugee camp in the world, in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar district, where this Muslim minority group found refuge and where teams from Médecins Sans Frontières provide medical care. Seven years the exile, Rohingyatographer – a collective of Rohingya photographers to which they belong and with which MSF worked to produce this photo report – continue to witness and document the desperate living conditions Rohingya refugees are facing within the camps in Cox’s Bazar.
Rohingya refugees walk down a street in the camp, which they are not allowed to leave. Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, October 2023. © Ro Yassin Abdumonab
Rahman provides barber services for the community inside the refugee camps. Rohingya refugees cannot legally work in Bangladesh. © Ro Yassin Abdumonab
A Rohingya couple carry their sick child through the camp to find a doctor. © Sahat Zia Hero
Rahman provides barber services for the community inside the refugee camps. Rohingya refugees cannot legally work in Bangladesh. © Ro Yassin Abdumonab
Asofa, a Rohingya girl, poses in a traditional outfit. © Sahat Zia Hero
Cows graze on a rubbish dump in one of the camps for Rohingya refugees. Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, October 2023 © Ro Yassin Abdumonab
A child sleeps in a cradle suspended from the roof of a shelter in one of the camps. © Ro Yassin Abdumonab
Nur Mohammad, 79, crafts chicken coops out of bamboo. A former soldier, he struggles to earn enough money to make up for inadequate food rations and feed his family of six. © Ishrat Bibi
Zainura, 44, crafts fishing nets to earn money and provide food for her family. © Ishrat Bibi
Rohingya refugees queue to collect water before Friday prayers. © Sahat Zia Hero
Rohingya refugees meet up and talk in the streets of the camps. © Ro Yassin Abdumonab
