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Dominique Godbout and Minaz Kerawala

Dominique Godbout is a programs officer and Minaz Kerawala is a communications adviser at Development and Peace—Caritas Canada, the official international development organization of the Catholic Church in Canada.

Displacement, disease, deluge: trouble comes in threes for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh

MONTREAL—Brewing in the Bay of Bengal in mid-May, Cyclone Amphan became the region’s worst storm since 2007. Fearing devastation, aid agencies scrambled to draw

Opinion | BY DOMINIQUE GODBOUT AND MINAZ KERAWALA | June 1, 2020

Fatema Khatun, a Rohingya refugee and a mother of eight, pictured on June 19, 2018, at the Kutupalong camp: 'I had my own home and houses were big. We farmed, ploughed our land, and grew betel leaf. These were our sources of income. We earned a good living and we were able to save some money once everything else was looked after. Now, we have no money and our country is divided. We came here through the border.' Photograph Développement et Paix-Caritas Canada

Displacement, disease, deluge: trouble comes in threes for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh

Opinion | BY DOMINIQUE GODBOUT AND MINAZ KERAWALA | June 1, 2020

MONTREAL—Brewing in the Bay of Bengal in mid-May, Cyclone Amphan became the region’s worst storm since 2007. Fearing devastation, aid agencies scrambled to draw

Displacement, disease, deluge: trouble comes in threes for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh

Opinion | BY DOMINIQUE GODBOUT AND MINAZ KERAWALA | June 1, 2020

MONTREAL—Brewing in the Bay of Bengal in mid-May, Cyclone Amphan became the region’s worst storm since 2007. Fearing devastation, aid agencies scrambled to draw

Fatema Khatun, a Rohingya refugee and a mother of eight, pictured on June 19, 2018, at the Kutupalong camp: 'I had my own home and houses were big. We farmed, ploughed our land, and grew betel leaf. These were our sources of income. We earned a good living and we were able to save some money once everything else was looked after. Now, we have no money and our country is divided. We came here through the border.' Photograph Développement et Paix-Caritas Canada

Displacement, disease, deluge: trouble comes in threes for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh

MONTREAL—Brewing in the Bay of Bengal in mid-May, Cyclone Amphan became the region’s worst storm since 2007. Fearing devastation, aid agencies scrambled to draw

Opinion | BY DOMINIQUE GODBOUT AND MINAZ KERAWALA | June 1, 2020

Fatema Khatun, a Rohingya refugee and a mother of eight, pictured on June 19, 2018, at the Kutupalong camp: 'I had my own home and houses were big. We farmed, ploughed our land, and grew betel leaf. These were our sources of income. We earned a good living and we were able to save some money once everything else was looked after. Now, we have no money and our country is divided. We came here through the border.' Photograph Développement et Paix-Caritas Canada

Displacement, disease, deluge: trouble comes in threes for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh

Opinion | BY DOMINIQUE GODBOUT AND MINAZ KERAWALA | June 1, 2020

MONTREAL—Brewing in the Bay of Bengal in mid-May, Cyclone Amphan became the region’s worst storm since 2007. Fearing devastation, aid agencies scrambled to draw

Displacement, disease, deluge: trouble comes in threes for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh

Opinion | BY DOMINIQUE GODBOUT AND MINAZ KERAWALA | June 1, 2020

MONTREAL—Brewing in the Bay of Bengal in mid-May, Cyclone Amphan became the region’s worst storm since 2007. Fearing devastation, aid agencies scrambled to draw

Fatema Khatun, a Rohingya refugee and a mother of eight, pictured on June 19, 2018, at the Kutupalong camp: 'I had my own home and houses were big. We farmed, ploughed our land, and grew betel leaf. These were our sources of income. We earned a good living and we were able to save some money once everything else was looked after. Now, we have no money and our country is divided. We came here through the border.' Photograph Développement et Paix-Caritas Canada