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Article

16 Nov 2017

Author:
Ashish Joshi, Sky News (UK)

Bangladesh: Vulnerable Rohingya refugees funnelled into sex trade

"Pimp says Rohingya plight 'good for business'", 13 Nov 2017

They have escaped slaughter, rape and starvation. But for the vulnerable Rohingya refugees who have fled persecution at the hands of the Myanmar army, there is no guarantee of safety. Women and vulnerable young girls are being stalked inside refugee camps by gangs of pimps who need women to supply Bangladesh's notorious sex trade... "Kasim" is one of these sex traffickers...He said this latest exodus has been good for his evil trade. Kasim says there is...demand for...boys and girls...Aid agencies have warned for some time that vulnerable refugees are open to exploitation. Police checkpoints are in place around the [refugee camps]... But pimps...have found ways of smuggling their victims out...undetected... "So we look for these type of girls in the camps. Many women come to me...they are all Rohingya..." The traffickers know exactly who to target... "The people who are poor...maybe they...couldn't afford to get the...girls married because they need a large dowry" he said."These sort of girls come to the business more. The single mothers..."Kasim said the trafficking of girls is not limited to [Bangladesh]...He claimed to know of Rohingya women...sent to India and Pakistan.