II. On Land: Abuses at Human-Trafficking Camps and Houses in Thailand and Malaysia 54 “Yusuf,” 19, also described being held in a mountain camp with other camps nearby: [The camp shelter] was made of bamboo and canvas. It was red inside and yellow outside. We weren’t allowed to walk. We couldn’t go outside. There were 80 people in my tent. Most of them were older than me. In our camp, there were no women, but in another camp, there were women in another area on the mountain. It was very uncomfortable because we lived near the water canal. People went to the toilet there, and we ate there.186 “Habiba,” 42, told Fortify Rights: “[The traffickers] gave us rice and fish. It wasn’t enough food for us . . . There were at least three other camps. The camp I was in was all women and children younger than 12.”187 “Mohammed Kasem,” 26, described being held in a human-trafficking camp on a farm after arriving in Thailand by ship. Describing the camp, he said: It was a rubber farm . . . We were covered by canvas in a small tent. They gave us food only once per day. There was a fence outside the tent, and we couldn’t go outside the fence. There were some Shan and some Rohingya people guarding the fence, so we weren’t able to leave. 188 “Mohammed Kahn,” 25, described being held by traffickers on an island camp in Thailand, which he managed to escape from in 2013: When we arrived in a river in Thailand, a small boat went there to bring us. There were 80 of us, and we had to get on that boat, and [the traffickers] brought us to a mountain [island] surrounded by the sea. They carried the people in two groups. We stayed there for eight days. We were transferred to another place and provided good food two times, but the rest of the days, they only provided very little rice and [once] a small piece of chicken in a plastic bag . . . We could not eat food regularly in the camp. A meal was provided only once per day. We also couldn’t eat food on the boat for ten days . . . After we arrived on that island, we saw there were no houses and could not see even birds. We only saw the jungle. There were some plastic tarpaulins to provide cover as a roof when it rained . . . Sometimes, [the traffickers] did not bring water, and then we would drink water from the stream. The food was very little.189 Many survivors described inadequate shelters in the human-trafficking camps, which was particularly problematic during the monsoon season. For example, “Noor Wai,” 15, told Fortify Rights: “In the mountain, the camp [shelter] was only made of canvas. There was no roof, and it was raining, and the water would run through the camp . . . There were many kinds of health problems there, affecting everyone, including me.”190 Foyas, 20, described deprivations in a primitive mountainside human-trafficking camp where he spent three weeks: There was no camp in the mountain, no roof. We slept on the floor. It was very congested. We spent about 20 days in that camp. There were 700 people there. There was no roof and no floor. We were on the grass. They provided very little food and water and it was very hot.191 186 Fortify Rights interview with #05, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, August 10, 2014. 187 Fortify Rights interview with #06, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, August 11, 2014. 188 Fortify Rights interview with #54, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, September 27, 2014. 189 Fortify Rights interview with #26, Songkhla Province, Thailand, October 6, 2013. 190 Fortify Rights interview with #69, Penang State, Malaysia, October 1, 2014. 191 Fortify Rights interview with #19, Pahang State, Malaysia, August 13, 2014.