Inside Bangladesh’s Rohingya camps where fire continues to shape the existence of refugees

How 2,425 blazes have transformed Cox’s Bazar refugee camps into a system of control

Originally published on Global Voices

Volunteers and workers clear debris from blackened ground following a devastating fire in Camp 11 on February 13, 2026, at approximately 3:20 a.m. Photo by Maung Thein Myint, Human Rights Defender, Refugee Advocate, and Documentary Researcher. Used with permission.

Mohammad Ali had already lost everything once. On March 22, 2021, a Disaster Management Unit...