Fighting extreme poverty in Bangladesh

Over 900,000 Rohingya refugees fled violence in Myanmar and sought refuge in Bangladesh. Three of these refugees have shared their stories with us.

 

Since August 2017, targeted violence against the Rohingya in Myanmar’s Rakhine State has forced over 700,000 people to seek safety in Bangladesh. This is now the world’s fastest growing refugee crisis.

 

Between Brexit Border tensions and dangerously undiplomatic stateside tweeting, our media has been dominated by threatened political crises over the past months. Meanwhile, one very real human crisis has been silently slipping off the agenda.