Stateless and Starving

Persecuted Rohingya Flee Burma and Starve in Bangladesh

We are persecuted by the Burmese government, so we came here for peace, but now we are persecuted by the Bangladeshi government. 
  – PHR interview with a 25-year-old female refugee

In recent months Bangladeshi authorities have waged an unprecedented campaign of arbitrary arrest, illegal expulsion and forced internment against Burmese refugees. In its latest emergency report, Stateless and Starving, PHR presents new data and documents dire conditions for these persecuted Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.

PHR’s medical investigators warn that critical levels of acute malnutrition and a surging camp population without access to food aid will cause more deaths from starvation and disease if the humanitarian crisis is not addressed.

• Read the Executive Summary
• Read the full report
• Hi-resolution photos from the report