軍政側は援助団体が入り込むのをよく思っていない

　なので、サイクロンの被害者救済のための援助物資流入をも止める。これは6月の記事で、だいぶ取り上げるには遅いが、それでもやはりメモしておこう。

BBC Myanmar army cuts off aid to cyclone survivors 26 June 2023

「Millions who survived one of Myanmar's strongest cyclones are now struggling to rebuild their lives after the government cut off access to affected areas, including for aid groups.

The move has "turned an extreme weather event into a man-made catastrophe," Human Rights Watch has said.」

　自然災害のカタストロフがman-madeなカタストロフになっちまうなあ、という。

「There isn't enough water or food, and finding either has been much harder with the monsoon under way, says Aye Kyawt Phyu, who lives in Sittwe, the capital of Rakhine state, which was ravaged by the storm. "It's raining all week. We are struggling every day. The children are studying in a school with no roof."」

　本来は肥沃な大地なのだが。とはいえ自然災害直後にはそうも言っていられない。援助物資・食料は命綱じみている、そんな地域が、どうしたって局所的には発生するだろうが―いやあ先進国なら自国だけでかなりいい感じにフォローできるわけですが、できるかねえミャンマー政府。

「Only a fraction of damaged homes have been repaired, the UN's humanitarian office said. The junta says the cyclone killed 145 people, but the clandestine National Unity Government estimates that the toll was closer to 500.」

　とはいえ、一応仮にも死者数はそうでもない。公称145名。いやいやいや、500近くにはいくよ！という声もあるが、ナルギスほどじゃないなというのは、まあそうなのだろう。

「Officials never explained why they did this. But a Rakhine government spokesman told local media that they wanted to manage the distribution of aid, which he claimed had not been administered fairly.

"NGOs are only interested in helping the Muslim community," he was quoted as saying. This is a reference to the Muslim Rohingya community, the majority of whom live in Rakhine.」

　なお、なんでNGOが嫌われるか。それは「アイツら、ムスリムだけ救助してやがる」という不満が現地にあるもののよう。…つーかロヒンギャがとりわけヒドイ生活状況だから、だからそりゃあ救助対象にもなるだろというのも、無論そうだろうなあと思われるが。

　しかし仏教徒だって満足な状況かと言われると、まあなあ…。