Searing images of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh camps go on show in Hong Kong
American photographer Greg Constantine recently visited southern Bangladesh, where some half a million Rohingya have sought refuge after fleeing a military crackdown in Myanmar
Last week, American photographer Greg Constantine was in Bangladesh, finding out what life is like for the more than 421,000 Rohingya who have fled what has been described as “textbook ethnic cleansing” in neighbouring Myanmar.
He visited towns across the south: Shah Puri Dwip, Sabrang, Shamlapur, Cox’s Bazar, and two sprawling refugee camps: the government-run Kutupalong and the makeshift Balukhali.
“The scale is so huge right now that most people are living in informal camps just about everywhere – along the sides of roads, in mosques, in forests, in plastic huts. The suffering and loss are beyond words,” he says of an increasingly desperate situation.
These are his images of an unfolding humanitarian crisis.
