In pictures: inside a makeshift camp for displaced Muslims in Myanmar

Mohammad Yusud now lives in the Jinjo camp after his house in Meikhtila was destroyed in March 2013. Lazar Simeonov for The National

Reconstruction was not approved until December 2013 and residents face many bureaucratic obstacles to rebuild, including exorbitantly priced rebuilding permits and the need to produce often destroyed documents of tenure to local authorities. Lazar Simeonov for The National

Muslim children attending classes in a school at Jinjo camp, one of five makeshift camps for those displaced by the March 2013 riots. Lazar Simeonov for The National

Mufti Ali, who is spearheading the reconstruction of homes for the displaced, leads Friday prayers at the MM Ranat Mosque in Yangon. Lazar Simeonov for The National

Reconstruction work in Meikhtila has started on 273 housing units but funds are running low. Lazar Simeonov for The National

The Thiri Mangalar mosque in central Meikhtila was heavily damaged in the anti-Muslim violence in March 2013. Lazar Simeonov for The National

As Buddhist-Muslim tensions in Myanmar escalate, The National takes a look at the lives of those displaced by similar riots in March 2013, when nearly 1,600 homes were destroyed in Meikhtila and 10,000 people driven from their homes after three days of attacks.