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Boy Dies, Thousands At Risk As Monsoon Rains Lash Rohingya Refugee Camps

Members of the Muslim minority group who fled rape, murder and brutality in Myanmar now face different threats in southeastern Bangladesh: flooding, landslides and disease.
A Rohingya woman walks past a flooded farm near the Kutupalong Refugee Camp in Bangladesh, where the monsoon season started in June and has caused casualties and landslides.

Monsoon rains set in over the weekend in Bangladesh, flooding refugee camps and leading to the death of a Rohingya boy, who died when a mud wall of his shelter fell on top of him, according to media reports. His mother also was injured in the collapse.

— a persecuted Muslim minority — have been living in makeshift shelters of earth, bamboo and plastic. Their homes

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