Stateless Rohingya put faith in Bangladesh leader Yunus

Refugees hope head of caretaker government resolves stalled repatriation efforts

2024-08-25.Rohingya

Rohingya refugees in Cox's Bazar shout slogans to mark the seventh anniversary of their fleeing to Bangladesh from neighboring Myanmar to escape a military crackdown in 2017. © Reuters

FAISAL MAHMUD, Contributing writer

COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh -- Hours before ex-Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina fled the country in the face of a student-led uprising, Mohammad Sabur and his family were escaping civil war in neighboring Myanmar.

Caught in fierce fighting between rebels and government troops, the family of Rohingya tried to cross a river and toward the relative safety of Bangladesh. But all five of Sabur's children drowned after their boat capsized, the youngest victim just three and a half. 

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