In the last one and a half years, at least five thousand more Rohingya have found a place to stay in this camp. Most of these Rohingya are living in overcrowded conditions in the homes of their relatives.
Another 150,000 newly arrived Rohingya are staying in various refugee camps, including Kutupalong, Madhurchara and Lombashia in Ukhiya, as well as Nayapara, Jadimura and Shalbagan in Teknaf. Many Rohingyas, failing to be allocated housing in the refugee camps, are settling in risky locations on the hills.
Syed Nur, a Rohingya leader from the Madhurchara refugee camp, said that heavy rainfall has been occurring since yesterday morning. As a result, large cracks are appearing in the hills. Rainwater is entering those cracks, causing the soil to collapse. Rohingya settlements are being damaged as they get buried by landslide debris along with the current of runoff water coming down from the hills.