Thousands of migrants leaving myanmar have been abandoned, stranded at sea This is where they left from. We’re right on the edge of a refugee camp in Myanmar. It’s a miserable place 140,000 Rohingyans live here 15 minutes from Sitwe. But recently, almost none have risked the journey and I came here to see why. (video - talking to the guys on the boats) One barrier is the weather. Its Monsoon season. Mr. Issoup, 51 (His full name is only this one name) 00.16 - 00.23 : The situation hasn’t changed. People here is like living a closed place.” 00.24 - 00.29 : They have no job and they cannot go to the downtown. People have become upset.” The Myanmar government has also bowed to international pressure and is attempting to clamp down on departures. Soldiers patrol the camp, and the authorities bar anyone from leaving without permission. Smugglers had been the ones helping people leave. But recently they’ve faced a backlash. We learned one of the biggest traffickers lives nearby. *sequence of them asking about the smuggler For many who took the voyage, it was perilous. Zura*** son left for Malaysia 6 months ago. Traffickers asked for a ransom and then left her son for dead, she says But there are few options for those who o remain. And police now say that if anyone attempts to leave, they simply won’t allow it. Mr. Babu Lu, 26 “ 00.00 - 00.03 : We have had no freedom here for 3 years. 00.03 - 00.08 : There is no jobs and no freedom. 00.08 - 00.11 : There’s no happiness living here. (re-read as voice over ) - But the conditions in the camp are so terrible. It seems likely that once the monsoon subsides, and once the world is no longer watching, departures will continue.