An estimated 76,000 babies were born in Bangladesh's Rohingya camps in the last three years, according to a new report of Save the Children released today.

"The children's agency found 75,971 children under three years in the refugee camps in Cox's Bazar -- or nine percent of the total refugee population. The implication is almost all of them were born after their mothers fled to Bangladesh," said the report.

Save the Children, which made the estimate based on data from Cox's Bazar up until May 31 this year has said the children under three are living in conditions not suited for them.

There is limited access to education and healthcare, no freedom of movement or citizenship and people are almost entirely dependent on aid, the report said.

Three-year-old Runa* who was born during her mother's grueling journey across the Myanmar-Bangladesh border now suffers from chronic undernutrition.

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