‘Miracle’ Rohingya baby turns two on crackdown anniversary

A family’s blessing: Mohammad feeding Ahmad chips at their makeshift home in Balukhali refugee camp in Bangladesh. — AFP

Balukhali (Bangladesh): Heavily pregnant Rohingya mother Rashida Khatun fled her home in a remote village in Myanmar’s Rakhine state two years ago, bone-tired but desperate to find a safe place to give birth.

After walking for hours with her husband and three children, Rashida took a treacherous sea journey in bad weather to reach the southeastern tip of Bangladesh.