Unable to send Rohingyas home, Bangladesh circumscribes their lives
The government is particularly worried about the draw of a decent education
Noor kaiser knew his dream of becoming a doctor was ambitious for a boy living in a refugee camp. He studied hard nonetheless, hoping it would one day become reality. But that was before authorities in his camp in Bangladesh’s south-eastern region of Cox’s Bazar bulldozed his school in April. “Now I don’t do anything all day,” says the 13-year-old Rohingya boy. “My dream ended in Class 6.”
This article appeared in the Asia section of the print edition under the headline “School’s out”
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