Rohingya problem in Bangladesh.who are the Rohingya?
Rohingya refugees or refugees in Bangladesh are Rohingya refugees or refugees coming to Bangladesh from Myanmar. As of December 2017, approximately 655,000 to 700,000 Rohingya refugees sought refuge in Bangladesh to escape the genocide that began on 25 August 2017 by the Myanmar military. More than 00,000 Rohingyas have fled to Bangladesh. At the moment, at least 1.1 million Rohingyas have taken refuge in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Moreover, the Rohingyas in Hyderabad, India, suffer from insecurity, thus trying to infiltrate into Bangladesh, as in Myanmar.
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Kutupalong refugee camp in Bangladesh (by John Wayne/VOA) March 2017
On 28 September 2018, at the 73rd United Nations General Session, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said that there are now 1.1 million Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. Recent overcrowding in Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh has put a strain on its infrastructure. Refugees lack access to services, education, food, clean water and proper sanitation; They are also vulnerable to natural disasters and infectious disease transmission. As of June 2018, the World Bank has announced nearly half a billion dollars in financial assistance to Bangladesh to address the needs of Rohingya refugees in various areas, including health, education, water and sanitation, disaster risk management, and social protection. On 1 March 2019 Bangladesh has announced that it will no longer accept new Rohingya refugees. An August 2018 study estimated that more than 24,000 Rohingya had been killed by the Myanmar army and local Buddhists since the "extermination operation" began on 25 August 2017. It was also estimated that at least 18,000 Rohingya Muslim women and girls were raped, 116,000 Rohingya were beaten, and 36,000 Rohingya were set on fire in cases of deliberate arson.
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According to Human Rights Watch, the 1982 law “effectively denied the Rohingya the possibility of acquiring nationality. Despite the Rohingya's history being traced back to the 8th century, Burmese law refuses to recognize this minority ethnic group as a national ethnic group. They are also barred from freedom of movement, state education and government employment. Rohingya 1978, 1991-1992, 2012, 2015 And faced military torture and repression in 2016-2017. The United Nations and Human Rights Watch have declared Myanmar's repression and torture of the Rohingya as ethnic cleansing where evidence of crimes such as genocide can be found. Yonghee Lee, a special investigator for Myanmar assigned to the United Nations, believes that Myanmar wants to completely expel the Rohingya from their country. The 2008 constitution According to Myanmar, the military still controls most of the government, including the ministries of interior, defense and border affairs. 25% of the seats in Parliament are reserved for the army and one of them will be the Vice President.
The Rohingya say they have been living in western Myanmar for a long time. Their descendants have been residents of Arakan since pre-colonial and colonial times. The Rohingya were represented in Myanmar's parliament as legislators and members of parliament until persecution began in the late 20th century. Earlier though Myanmar accepted Rohingyas but suddenly the government attitude of Myanmar changed and the official comment of Myanmar government about Rohingyas is that they are not a national population but they are illegal immigrants from Bangladesh. The Myanmar government has since stopped using the term "Rohingya" and referred to them as Bengali. Various organizations of the Rohingya rights movement, especially the Arakan Rohingya National Organization, have been demanding that they be recognized as an ethnic group within Myanmar.
Rohingyas continue to face hatred and religious intolerance at the hands of ultra-nationalist Buddhists inside Myanmar, according to a UN investigation report. At the same time, Myanmar's armed forces subjected them to extra-judicial killings, illegal arrests, torture, rape and abuse, as well as forcing them into forced labor. According to the United Nations, this torture of the Rohingya can be said to be a crime against humanity.
Prior to the 2015 Rohingya refugee crisis and the 2016 and 2017 military operations, Myanmar was home to 1.1 to 1.3 million Rohingya. Most of them resided in Rakhine State, where 80-98% of Rohingya live. has fled to Bangladesh. Also, several Muslim countries have fled to other neighboring countries. More than 100,000 Rohingya are internally displaced in camps controlled by the Myanmar army. On 25 August 2017, the Myanmar army launched a "clearance operation" against the Rohingya after 12 security personnel were killed in an attack by Rohingya insurgents. 400-3000 Rohingya were killed in this operation, many Rohingya were injured, tortured and raped. Their homes were burned and more than 400,000 Rohingya (40% of Myanmar's Rohingya) fled to Bangladesh.
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