Bangladesh has been taking in fellow Muslims from Myanmar's troubled Rakhine state to the southern coastal district of Cox's Bazar, providing food and shelter since a bloody 2017 army crackdown forced hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims across the border.

Myanmar's military junta has ruled since a coup in February 2021 ousted the democratically elected Aung San Suu Kyi-led civilian government.

Since then, Myanmar has been rocked by fighting between numerous ethnic rebel groups and the military.

The Arakan Army (AA) rebel group — which is fighting the ruling junta for control of Myanmar's western borderlands — wants more autonomy for the ethnic Rakhine people, a population that is also accused of aiding the military in their expulsion of the Rohingya.

The AA is the well-armed military wing of the Rakhine ethnic minority that seeks autonomy from Myanmar's central government. It has been attacking army outposts in Rakhine state since November 2023.

Roshid Ahmad, who fled Myanmar's fighting, is grateful for being "one of those who made it out alive."

The 21-year-old Rohingya from Rakhine's Maungdaw township got a boat to Bangladesh with his mother and brother in December 2024.

"Not every Rohingya gets........

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