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FEATURE: Bangladeshis get that awful sinking feeling

FROM FISHERMAN TO FARMERJaber Ahmed, who moved to the higher ground of Hoaikong 10 years ago, says some think the land is sinking, others that the sea is rising

AFP , HOAIKONG, BANGLADESH

The remote jungle of rural Bangladesh is a long way from the Polish capital, but farmer Jaber Ahmed says he hopes the world’s leaders know about the problems people like him have faced.

He says, for him, though, it is too late to do anything to save his old home and — too scared of the possibility of natural disasters — he will never return to that place.

“I don’t think I’ll be back alongside the coast before I die,” he said. “For now, it’s OK. I’m safe up here in the hills. I just hope not too many people come or we may be forced to move again.”

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