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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.00,0:00:05.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,JUDY WOODRUFF: The ongoing crisis in Myanmar \Nhas had a devastating impact on one particular  
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.36,0:00:11.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ethnic group, Rohingya refugees forced \Nto flee to cramped camps in Bangladesh,  
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.84,0:00:17.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,battling the coronavirus and now being \Nasked to relocate to a flood-prone island.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.84,0:00:21.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"NewsHour" special correspondent \NTania Rashid reports.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.04,0:00:28.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,TANIA RASHID: What were once homes, \Nhospitals, and schools at the world's  
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.72,0:00:35.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,largest refugee camp burn to ash, as a massive \Nfire rips through these makeshift settlements.  
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.84,0:00:41.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fifteen people were killed, 400 missing, \Nand tens of thousands displaced.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.56,0:00:46.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Three years ago, the Rohingya, \Na Muslim minority group,  
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.88,0:00:52.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fled a bloody military crackdown launched by the \NMyanmar military and police bordering Bangladesh.  
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.52,0:01:00.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mass killings, rapes, and arsons drove close to a \Nmillion into these sprawling camps in Cox's Bazar.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.20,0:01:08.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In a report published in 2019, U.N. investigators \Nwarned of genocidal intent. The Myanmar army  
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.64,0:01:13.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,denies that, and claims, it only acted against \Ninsurgent groups who attacked the police.  
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.80,0:01:19.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But now these fires have uprooted \Nthese Rohingyas' lives again.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.76,0:01:24.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bangladesh authorities and aid agencies \Nhave been providing emergency assistance  
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.40,0:01:32.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to over 45,000 homeless refugees. Since December, \Nthe Bangladeshi government has started moving more  
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.64,0:01:39.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than 13,000 refugees from the overcrowded camps to \NBhasan Char, a remote island in the Bay of Bengal.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.40,0:01:46.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,According to our local sources, the Bangladesh \Ngovernment has offered those affected by the fires  
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.40,0:01:53.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,help with relocating there now. We \Nvisited the low-lying plain in early 2017,  
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.40,0:02:00.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,back when it was just an undeveloped strip of \Nland. Experts on climate change deemed the land  
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.16,0:02:05.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mass unlivable. But the government said it \Nwould be better than the overcrowded camps.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.84,0:02:12.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In a promo video last year, the Bangladeshi \Ngovernment claimed to have constructed dams,  
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.48,0:02:18.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cyclone shelters, hospitals, mosques, and schools \Nto house 100,000 Rohingyas under safe conditions.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.84,0:02:22.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sah-yed Noor said he would consider moving to the  
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.16,0:02:25.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,island to escape the poor living \Nconditions inside the camps.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.12,0:02:28.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,SAH-YED NOOR, Refugee (through translator):  
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.08,0:02:32.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think that Bhasan Char can be better from \Ncamp, because every apartment is made with brick.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.88,0:02:39.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,TANIA RASHID: His 16-year-old niece, Fowzia \N(ph), was sent to Bhasan Char last year by  
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.60,0:02:45.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Bangladeshi navy after being stranded at sea \Nfor months when she tried to flee to Malaysia.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.96,0:02:49.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After several attempts to make contact with her,  
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.68,0:02:54.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he gets her on the phone to check on her \Nsituation. He's been concerned about her  
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.24,0:03:00.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,safety. She said she's not feeling well \Nand misses her family and wants to go home.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.28,0:03:05.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After hearing from Fowzia, Sah-yed \Nsaid he would only agree to relocate  
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.68,0:03:09.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to Bhasan Char with his family, \Nso they can be reunited together.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.68,0:03:17.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These fires aren't the first ones to happen here. \NThere were two fires in the month of January,  
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.20,0:03:24.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,according to news reports. It is unclear why \Nthe fires keep happening. But, as the Bangladesh  
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.00,0:03:30.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,government continues its investigations into the \Ncause of the fires, the Rohingya continue to live  
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.16,0:03:36.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in crammed, unsanitary living conditions, making \Nthem some of the most vulnerable to COVID-19.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.92,0:03:43.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bangladesh has administered over three million \Ndoses of the first vaccine to its citizens,  
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.52,0:03:49.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and has initiated plans to include the Rohingyas \Nin its national vaccination drive. But so far,  
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.76,0:03:55.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,none have been vaccinated. For now, the strict \Nlockdown imposed by the government last year  
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.76,0:04:01.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,continues, with an 80 percent decrease \Nof humanitarian aid staff on the ground.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.08,0:04:06.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Essential services, including food and medical \Nsupplies, have been allowed into the camps  
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.88,0:04:10.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through specially arranged checkpoints \Norganized by the Bangladesh army.  
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.44,0:04:15.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The U.N. Refugee Agency has teamed up \Nwith the Bangladesh government to train  
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.76,0:04:21.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,1,500 community health workers inside the \Ncamps to raise awareness about the virus.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.76,0:04:25.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dr. Fahadin Aktar works in early \Nresponsive care at the camp.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.60,0:04:29.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,DR. FAHADIN AKTAR, U.N. Refugee \NAgency (through translator): Here,  
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.12,0:04:32.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,first, we check their temperature. We \Nset up compulsory handwashing points,  
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.64,0:04:36.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all people must wash their hands \Nand maintain proper social distancing.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.40,0:04:40.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Before, five people sat together, but \Nnow, in one seat, two people sit together  
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.16,0:04:44.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a barrier for social distancing. \NAnd we make sure all patients wear masks.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.00,0:04:48.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,TANIA RASHID: Despite the efforts, Dr. \NAktar says he's seen a sharp decline  
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.48,0:04:52.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the numbers of Rohingya patients. \NMany are scared to go to the hospital.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.64,0:04:56.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,DR. FAHADIN AKTAR (through translator): \NThose with suspected symptoms are tested  
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.32,0:05:00.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and quarantined. This has sparked fear among \Nthe Rohingya, concerned that they could be  
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.00,0:05:03.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sent somewhere else, separate from their \Nfamilies, if they share their symptoms.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.12,0:05:09.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,TANIA RASHID: The official numbers say there \Nhave been only 400 confirmed COVID-19 cases  
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.36,0:05:14.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and 10 related deaths at the camp. \NBangladesh authorities insist cases  
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.88,0:05:19.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the camps are increasing at a much slower rate \Nthan global trends due to the enforced lockdown.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.04,0:05:24.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the longing to go back home \Nremains for many of these refugees,  
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.88,0:05:32.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,despite the ongoing military coup back in \NMyanmar. For weeks, tens of thousands of peaceful  
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.64,0:05:38.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,protesters have taken to the streets of major \Ncities, protesting the military's seized power.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.24,0:05:44.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In response, the police are \Ncracking down violently,  
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.16,0:05:50.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the bloodiest days this past weekend. Many \NRohingya activists we spoke with are hoping their  
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.96,0:05:56.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,support for the movement in Myanmar will be a \Nturning point in their on-going fight for justice,  
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.96,0:06:00.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,despite the lack of support from \Nousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi,  
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.96,0:06:06.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who defended the military against \Naccusations of genocide in The Hague in 2019.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.56,0:06:13.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the aftermath of the recent fires \Nhave taken their lives for a drastic turn,  
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.56,0:06:19.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as the place they sought refuge \Nhas put them in limbo yet again.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.84,0:06:33.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For the "PBS NewsHour," I'm Tania Rashid.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.20,0:06:35.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,