Rohingya Identity Crisis: A Case Study (original) (raw)

Rohingya crisis: identity of Rohingya Muslim in Myanmar

Rohingya crisis is the top most recent crisis in the world based on the identity crisis and a part of the ethnic cleansing of the government of Myanmar. The main purpose of this study is to assess the identity of study employs a historical approach and extensively depend on the secondary sources like books, journal articles, newspaper article and internet sources. This article reveals that Rohingyas are the legal citizen of Myanmar who originated thousands of years ago. It also explores that the claims of the political leaders and the government of Myanmar are not justified because it is evident that Rohingyas have been a part of long history of Burma. This study will to the existing debate and will clarify the actual identity of

Rohingya Crisis in Bangladesh: History, Consequences and Solution

The Rohingya refugee crisis is a continuous disrupting factor in bilateral relations between Myanmar and Bangladesh since the late 1970s. The crisis is seen as composed of various clusters of past and present human rights violations in Myanmar which has caused their forced migration to neighboring countries like Bangladesh contributing to security and socioeconomic problems. Bangladesh is the most vulnerable country facing Rohingya refugee crisis although it successfully resisted the eviction and in 1978 and 1992 through successful repatriation. But, recently, being attacked by Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA), a Rohingya extrimist group, Myanmar government and its Buddhist supporters started to persecute the race. As a result, estimated 603,000 refugees fled Rakhine, Myanmar for Bangladesh in 2017 and the United Nations called the exodus as " textbook example " of ethnic cleansing. Analysing secondary sources and using qualitative method, this paper discovers the historical development of Rohingya, factors and effects of crisis on Bangladesh. This paper explores the local and international attempts to face the challenge and suggests other solution to solve the crisis. In the light of social work, the study also focuses on the responsibilities and duties of social workers for increasing social functioning through pyscho-social development of Rohyngyas.

The Rohingya Crisis⎯ Uncertain Future of the Rohingya Ethnic Minority in Bangladesh

The Jahangirnagar Review, Part-C, Vol. XXXI, 2022

Bangladesh has shown a great level of generosity by opening its door for the Rohingya ethnic minority, which is sadly lacking in many parts of the world, including in this particular region of South Asia. Bangladesh hosts nearly 1.1 million Rohingyas who have fled the persecution in Myanmar. Among these, the majority took shelter in the last few years of massive oppression directed by the Myanmar military forces. Further, they live in cruel conditions in the camps and need severe help. The fate of the Rohingya refugees in the camps of Cox's Bazar is insecure and uncertain. This article aims at highlighting the two most critical issues about the Rohingya crisis, which are: one of the most critical aspects of the crisis⎯ 'the repatriation process', which did not come into sight until now, and the delay of the repatriation process, which add another new dimension in this crisis⎯ 'Bangladesh's plan to relocate 100,000 Rohingyas in an island called Bhashan Char'.

The Rohingya Refugee Crisis: An Analysis of Rohingya Refugee flows in Bangladesh

Girne American University, 2021

The Rohingya people are an ethnic minority group in Myanmar that has due to persecution, crossed into neighboring Bangladesh over decades, laying uneven pressure on its scarce resources ( Islam, 2019). Bangladesh is the ultimate choice for Rohingya refugees, with more than 1 million Rohingya refugees are living in Bangladesh. Therefore, Bangladesh is the most important plot for the global actors where international response begins with their political ideologies. The world's largest refugee camp is in Kutupalong, Cox’s Bazaar, Bangladesh, where most Rohingyas are staying. This thesis will focus on Bangladesh’s response to Rohingya refugees and will analyze how international actors start to react. Several international organizations as UNHCR, NGO’s and others visiting there and working for Rohingya refugees. Bangladesh faces a big challenge and suffers from the Rohingya refugee crisis. This research aims to see international actors’ responses and how they work on this issue. The researcher will analyze Rohingya people and their identity and also Myanmar politics on Rohingya refugees. Liberal political theory and Realist theory will be used in this thesis. Some primary sources and mostly secondary sources will be used in this thesis. Keywords: Rohingya people, Refugees, International Actors, Bangladesh, Myanmar.

Analyzing the Rohingya refugee crisis; opinion article by Umama Noor

Opinion article , 2022

With the emerging trend of nationalism in 21st century, centrality of identity and citizenship became more prominent. In Myanmar, the rise of Buddhist nationalism along with the military power victimized the Rohingya; an ethnic group who lack the specific political identity. The conflicting historical narratives between Buddhists and Muslims created tensions overtime that transformed into various ethnic, political and social conflicts.

Ethno-political Conflict: The Rohingya Vulnerability in Myanmar

This study has been conducted to find out the root causes and consequences of ethnic conflict regarding especially the Rohingya minority in Myanmar. As Rohingya crisis in Myanmar is a contemporary and crucial issue not only in South and Southeast Asia but also in the world; that is why, it has been selected as a research topic. This study is conducted in qualitative approach. In this study, secondary sources have been used for data collection which is based on content analysis. Text books, journal articles, reports of government and non-government organizations, television and newspaper reports are the main sources of data. In this study it has been found that the Rohingya people are considered as the world's least wanted groups. They are the world's most persecuted minorities. About 43 percent of the Rohingyas are still refugees and of them 87 percent are deprived from basic needs. The main objectives of the study are: (i) to examine the root causes of ethnic conflict; (ii) to analyze the current humanitarian vulnerability of the Rohingyas. Rohingya conflict begins with mainly the denial of separate identities and rejection of their citizenship. A large number of Rohingyas are now stateless refugees who are too much vulnerable. The study will reveal the current vulnerable conditions of the Rohingyas. The findings of the study may help the different global organizations of human rights in policy supports for the Rohingyas.

Revisiting Contemporary Rohingya Issues: Toward an Alternative Explanation Chapter: One

IOSR Journals , 2021

Rohingya victimization is not new in Myanmar. The identity crisis of Rohingya of Myanmar has become a horrible problem and they faced various types of victimization and exploitation, torture (Physically, mentally, and economically) and so on. The study of this paper explore root causes of Rohingya crisis and nature of Rohingya victimization. These paper is secondary based research paper which source is google scholar, article, journals etc. In this study present Rohingya have no specific citizenship law, they are declared by non-national by Myanmar Government, other issues are- forced displacement, ban on travel, restriction on marriage, employment and education, discrimination against culture and religion, refugee problem and massacres etc. Rohingya are Myanmar in difficult situation and faced terrible crisis. They faced in many problems and victim of rape, physical torture and murder etc. For this reason many Rohingya fled from Myanmar to Bangladesh. I believed if government take effective method for solving this problem, it will not be harmful for our country and international response must be ensured for those people. Myanmar government must be ensured resettlement program for Rohingya Muslims and must be given their citizenship card. So, it can be said that if the above problem is minimized, Rohingya Muslim will get their rights and they will be free from this curse. Keywords: Rohingya victimization, ethnic cleansing, Identity crisis, Sexual harassment

Critical Analysis of Rohingyan Crisis in Myanmar and its Impact on Neighbouring Countries

This article argues that Rohingya as “illegal citizens” in Myanmar and as refugees in other states of South East Asia are a marginalized community of the world and also increase challenges for receiving states. Myanmar has been deliberately declared them illegal citizens and demolished their villages after the latest genocide and build military barracks along the Bangladesh border. So, now almost two million Rohingya are living in refugee camps in different countries. For this article qualitative method and secondary data such as newspapers and articles are used. For ethnic cleansing of Rohingya from Myanmar, government and Buddist monks used the religion and ethnic cards; they introduced many policies such as citizenship bill of 1982, the Rohingya exodus and 969 movement. As a result, many people fled to neighboring states and become a challenge for the economy and society of receiving states such as Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand.

THE MAJOR PROBLEMS OF THE ROHINGYAS OF MYANMAR (BURMA) AND PRESENT SITUATION

Journal of Asian and African Social Science and Humanities (ISSN 2413-2748), 2016

Rohingya is a people under endless tyranny. They are living in Arakan region of present Myanmar (Burma). They have long been subjected to campaigns of terror, genocide and extermination particularly under the military rule in Myanmar since 1962. The aim of this article is to highlight the major problems of Rohingya ethnic of Myanmar (Burma). In the same time, this article also tries to identify the present situation of Rohingya ethnic of Myanmar (Burma). The research will adopt qualitative methods of research. The Rohingya problem needs an immediate and permanent solution to which fact international community like United Nation (UN), Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC), Non-Government Organizations and Human rights Organizations have to take attention on this issue

Rohingya Crisis: An Analysis Through a Theoretical Perspective

International Relations and Diplomacy, 2020

The large scale exodus of Rohingyas to Bangladesh, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand as a consequence of relentless persecution by the Myanmar state has gained worldwide attention. UN Secretary General, Guterres called it "ethnic cleansing" and the "humanitarian situation as catastrophic". This catastrophic situation can be traced back to the systemic and structural violence perpetrated by the state and the society wherein the Burmans and Buddhism are taken as the central rallying force of the narrative of the nation-state. This paper tries to analyze the Rohingya discourse situating it in the theoretical precepts of securitization, structural violence, and ethnic identity. The historical antecedents and particular circumstances and happenings were construed selectively and systematically to highlight the ethnic, racial, cultural, and linguistic identity of Rohingyas to exclude them from the "national imagination" of the state. This culture of pervasive prejudice prevailing in Myanmar finds manifestation in the legal provisions whereby certain peripheral minorities including Rohingyas have been denied basic civil and political rights. This legal-juridical disjunction to seal the historical ethnic divide has institutionalized and structuralized the inherent prejudice leveraging the religious-cultural hegemony. The newly instated democratic form of government, by its very virtue of the call of the majority, has also been contributed to reinforce this schism. The armed attacks by ARSA has provided the tangible spur to the already nuanced systemic violence in Myanmar and the Rohingyas are caught in a vicious cycle of politicization of ethnic identity, structural violence, and securitization.