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Mohammad, a 33-year-old Rohingya Muslim, now resides in the Balapur Refugee Camps of Hyderabad, India, with his wife and six kids.
His journey wasn’t an easy one.
He fled to India with his wife and six kids from the brutal situation in the Rakhine state of Myanmar, Burma. To get there, he, along with his wife and six children, walked through the deciduous forests on the border of Bangladesh.
Barefoot and hungry, they traveled for days.
At first, they settled in Kashmir and Mohammad took up work as a laborer, but the community was not welcoming to the Rohingya Muslims. There were several attempts at his family’s life, Mohammad explained. Eventually, their hut was set on fire, and after four years of trying to settle in that region, Mohammad’s family fled once more. This time, to Hyderabad, India.
Mohammad arrived in Hyderabad with hope of a better life for his wife and kids but soon learned things would still be difficult, even in a different country. He was without a house and basic household items, he didn’t speak the language of those around him, and his job as a laborer didn’t make enough to feed all of his children.