By October Sittwe had become entirely segregated. Nasi had long since been emptied, and the only Rohingya communities still in the town were confined to two quarters, Bumay and Aung Mingalar. Armed police manned the barricades that had been erected at the entrances to both quarters after the June violence, and it was with them that I had needed to negotiate access. Families in Aung Mingalar were struggling to bring food and medicine in. No one could walk to the market in Sittwe any longer. Police allowed limited provisions to pass through the checkpoints, but it had to all intents and purposes
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