Thousands of Rakhine whose houses were razed in the violence also inhabit camps near Sittwe. But the ghettoisation of Rohingya communities has consequences beyond beyond their ability to move freely. Denied citizenship and the rights to state-provided healthcare and education that their Rakhine neighbours have, the Rohingya are unable to lift themselves out of the mire they are sinking deeper into. In Thae Chaung, replete with open-air sewerage channels, children walk around with no clothing, their bellies bloated with that telltale sign of malnourishment. Aid workers, journalists and diplomats have been visiting the camps for more than a year and a half but little has changed, save for the holes in their sagging tarpaulin shelters becoming increasingly stretched and frayed.