Question

Why are people, and in particular girls and women, willing to risk death to escape the refugee camp

in Bangladesh?

Answer 1

People are willing to risk death to escape the camps because they are intensely overcrowded, with people living in shelters made of bamboo and plastic sheeting. Also, the people in the camps can’t get jobs or leave the camps without permission, putting them in a permanent state of poverty. They escape by boat, hoping to improve their lives by finding jobs or marrying men who have jobs. Girls and women are also willing to risk death to leave because they face sexual assault in the camps.)

Answer 2

People are willing to risk death to escape the camps because they are intensely overcrowded, with people living in shelters made of bamboo and plastic sheeting. Also, the people in the camps can't get jobs or leave the camps without permission, putting them in a permanent state of poverty.