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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.00,0:00:02.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,JUDY WOODRUFF: \NThe ongoing crisis in Myanmar
Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.26,0:00:06.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has had a devastating impact\Non one particular ethnic group,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.49,0:00:11.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,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: 0,0:00:17.84,0:00:21.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"NewsHour" special correspondent \NTania Rashid reports.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.96,0:00:24.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Fire burning)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.65,0:00:28.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,TANIA RASHID: What were once homes, \Nhospitals, and schools at the world's
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.72,0:00:31.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,largest refugee camp burn to ash,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.08,0:00:35.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a massive fire rips\Nthrough these makeshift settlements.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.84,0:00:41.59,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: 0,0:00:46.88,0:00:49.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fled a bloody military crackdown,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.48,0:00:53.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,launched by the Myanmar military\Nand police bordering Bangladesh.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.52,0:00:56.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mass killings, rapes, and arsons
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.10,0:01:00.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,drove close to a million\Ninto these sprawling camps in Cox's Bazar.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.20,0:01:03.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In a report published in 2019,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.80,0:01:07.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,U.N. investigators warned\Nof genocidal intent.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.49,0:01:09.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Myanmar army denies that,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.88,0:01:13.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,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: 0,0:01:24.40,0:01:27.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to over 45,000 homeless refugees.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.99,0:01:31.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Since December, the Bangladeshi government
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.76,0:01:36.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has started moving more than 13,000\Nrefugees from the overcrowded camps
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.14,0:01:39.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to Bhasan Char, a remote island\Nin the Bay of Bengal.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.40,0:01:42.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,According to our local sources,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.50,0:01:46.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Bangladesh government has\Noffered those affected by the fires
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.40,0:01:48.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,help with relocating there now.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.65,0:01:54.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We visited the low-lying plain\Nin early 2017,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.40,0:01:57.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,back when it was just\Nan undeveloped strip of land.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.99,0:02:01.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Experts on climate change deemed\Nthe land mass unlivable.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.08,0:02:05.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the government said, it would\Nbe better than the overcrowded camps.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.04,0:02:07.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Local advertisement playing)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.84,0:02:09.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In a promo video last year,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.66,0:02:12.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Bangladeshi government claimed\Nto have constructed dams,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.59,0:02:16.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cyclone shelters, hospitals,\Nmosques, and schools
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.10,0:02:19.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to house 100,000 Rohingyas\Nunder safe conditions.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.82,0:02:22.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sah-yed Noor said he would consider\Nmoving to the island
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.59,0:02:25.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to escape the poor living \Nconditions inside the camps.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.74,0:02:28.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,SAH-YED NOOR, Refugee\N(through translator):
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.18,0:02:30.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think that Bhasan Char can be\Nbetter from camp,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.69,0:02:32.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because every apartment\Nis made with brick.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.73,0:02:37.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,TANIA RASHID: \NHis 16-year-old niece, Fowzia (ph),
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.83,0:02:41.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was sent to Bhasan Char last year\Nby the Bangladeshi navy,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.13,0:02:45.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after being stranded at sea for months\Nwhen she tried to flee to Malaysia.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.96,0:02:49.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After several attempts\Nto make contact with her,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.68,0:02:52.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he gets her on the phone\Nto check on her situation.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.75,0:02:54.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's been concerned about her safety.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.91,0:02:57.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She said she's not feeling well,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.54,0:02:58.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and misses her family,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.08,0:03:00.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and wants to go home.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.28,0:03:03.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After hearing from Fowzia,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.43,0:03:05.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sah-yed said he would only agree,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.00,0:03:07.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to relocate to Bhasan Char with his family,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.94,0:03:09.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so they can be reunited together.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.68,0:03:12.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These fires,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.81,0:03:14.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,aren't the first ones to happen here.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.07,0:03:16.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There were two fires,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.14,0:03:17.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the month of January,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.50,0:03:19.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,according to news reports.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.09,0:03:22.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is unclear why the fires\Nkeep happening.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.94,0:03:24.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, as the Bangladesh government,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.70,0:03:26.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,continues its investigations,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.48,0:03:27.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into the cause of the fires,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.52,0:03:31.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Rohingya continue to live in crammed,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.26,0:03:33.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unsanitary living conditions,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.90,0:03:35.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,making them some of the most vulnerable,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.82,0:03:37.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to COVID-19.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.05,0:03:39.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bangladesh has administered,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.53,0:03:41.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over three million doses,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.24,0:03:43.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the first vaccine to its citizens,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.66,0:03:45.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and has initiated plans,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.05,0:03:46.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to include the Rohingyas,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.34,0:03:48.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in its national vaccination drive.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.74,0:03:49.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But so far,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.90,0:03:51.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,none have been vaccinated.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.08,0:03:53.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For now, the strict lockdown...
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.77,0:03:57.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,imposed by the government\Nlast year continues,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.18,0:03:59.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with an 80 percent decrease...
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.18,0:04:01.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of humanitarian aid staff on the ground.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.22,0:04:03.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Essential services,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.36,0:04:05.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,including food and medical supplies,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.31,0:04:06.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have been allowed into the camps,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.04,0:04:08.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through specially arranged checkpoints,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.87,0:04:10.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,organized by the Bangladesh army.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.59,0:04:13.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The UN Refugee Agency...
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.21,0:04:15.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has teamed up with\Nthe Bangladesh government
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.48,0:04:18.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to train 1,500 community health workers...
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.36,0:04:19.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,inside the camps,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.49,0:04:21.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to raise awareness about the virus.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.03,0:04:23.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dr. Fahadin Aktar...
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.40,0:04:25.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,works in early responsive care,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.16,0:04:26.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the camp.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.30,0:04:29.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,DR. FAHADIN AKTAR\N(through translator): Here,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.30,0:04:30.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,first we check their temperature.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.72,0:04:34.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We set up compulsory handwashing points\Nand all people must wash their hands
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.47,0:04:36.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and maintain proper social distancing.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.68,0:04:38.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Before, five people sat together,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.17,0:04:40.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but now, in one seat,\Ntwo people sit together,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.34,0:04:42.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a barrier for social distancing.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.17,0:04:44.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we make sure\Nall patients wear masks.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.87,0:04:47.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,TANIA RASHID: Despite the efforts,\NDr. Aktar says,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.22,0:04:50.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he's seen a sharp decline\Nin the numbers of Rohingya patients.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.67,0:04:52.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many are scared to go to the hospital.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.32,0:04:55.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,DR. AKTAR (through translator): \NThose with suspected symptoms
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.76,0:04:57.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are tested and quarantined.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.47,0:04:59.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This has sparked fear among the Rohingya,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.18,0:05:01.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,concerned that they could be\Nsent somewhere else,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.09,0:05:04.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,separate from their families,\Nif they share their symptoms.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.39,0:05:05.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,TANIA RASHID: The official numbers say,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.64,0:05:09.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there have been only\N400 confirmed COVID-19 cases
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.49,0:05:11.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and 10 related deaths at the camp.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.47,0:05:14.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bangladesh authorities insists,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.58,0:05:17.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cases at the camps are increasing\Nat a much slower rate
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.66,0:05:20.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than global trends\Ndue 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: 0,0:05:25.15,0:05:28.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,despite the ongoing military coup\Nback in Myanmar.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.72,0:05:29.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Protesters shouting)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.18,0:05:33.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For weeks, tens of thousands\Nof peaceful protesters
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.49,0:05:35.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have taken to the streets of major cities,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.28,0:05:38.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,protesting the military's seized power.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.77,0:05:39.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Distant gunshot)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.24,0:05:44.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In response, the police\Nare cracking down violently,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.34,0:05:46.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the bloodiest days this past weekend.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.91,0:05:50.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many Rohingya activists we spoke with
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.20,0:05:52.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are hoping their support\Nfor the movement in Myanmar
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.32,0:05:56.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will be a turning point\Nin their on-going fight for justice,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.96,0:06:00.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,despite the lack of support\Nfrom ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.15,0:06:04.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who defended the military\Nagainst accusations of genocide
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.58,0:06:06.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in The Hague in 2019,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.09,0:06:08.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Woman crying)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.76,0:06:14.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the aftermath of the recent fires \Nhave taken their lives for a drastic turn,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.73,0:06:19.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as the place they sought refuge \Nhas put them in limbo yet again.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.95,0:06:23.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For the "PBS NewsHour," I'm Tania Rashid.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.39,0:06:26.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Pensive music)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.20,0:06:29.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Almost 60% of Bangladesh's Rohingya\Nrefugee population is under the age of 18]