Born hundreds of miles away from their hometown in an alien land, the Rohingya refugee kids are deprived of the joys of childhood.
To escape persecution at the hands of Buddhist extremists, the Muslim Rohingya community of Myanmar found safe shelter in the outskirts of Jammu city in the state of Jammu and Kashmir. More than 5,000 families, recognised by the UNHCR, have fled to India from their home state of Rakhine.
The children in these refugee camps are forced to accept the difficult circumstances. The lack of basic sanitation and basic amenities are common.
The girls get married at the age of 12 and many of them suffer from birth complications.
Lack of education, medical facilities and proper nutrition are the basic problems every refugee children in these camps is facing.
Now the Jammu unit of the BJP demands expulsion of these refugees from the state. The future is uncertain for these unfortunate people who might be forced out of the state of Jammu and Kashmir.
(Sajad Rafeeq is a freelance photographer based in Srinagar.)
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