Abstract
The Rohingyas are an ethnic minority in Myanmar. The Rohingya crisis has had multifaceted impacts on local, regional and global issues. The conflict in the Rakhine state of Myanmar forced the Rohingyas to flee from their homes. The Rohingyas have been denied human rights, including their right to be citizens. Hostile situations in the Rakhine state forced them to flee from their motherland and seek refuge in neighbouring Bangladesh and other countries, i.e., India, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Pakistan, Malaysia, Indonesia, and even faraway Saudi Arabia. This chapter focuses on the Rohingya crisis and how it is impacting different countries. This chapter explores the historical context of the Rohingya conflict and highlight the geo-political, social, cultural, environmental, educational, and economic impacts of this crisis.
TopMethodology
This chapter draws upon a range of literature, encompassing both academic and grey literature sources. As the authors of this chapter, we have carefully assessed the credibility and reliability of the grey literature included in this review. In this review, a systematic approach (Jesson et al., 2011) guided literature searches via 'Google,' 'Google Scholar,' 'Mendeley,' 'Social Science Research Network,' and 'Research Gate' to collect documents related to the Rohingya crisis. The search employed keywords such as 'Rohingya,' 'Rohingya Crisis,' 'Refugee,' 'Refugee Camps,' 'Myanmar,' and 'Bangladesh' to explore the impact of the Rohingya crisis on externally displaced Rohingya refugees residing in Bangladeshi refugee camps. This entailed gathering freely available academic and non-academic documents written in English. Subsequently, selected literature was analyzed to derive secondary data and complete the review.
Key Terms in this Chapter
Influx: A considerable and frequently unexpected rise or entrance of people, things, or information into a certain location or circumstance is referred to as an influx.
Refugee: Refugees are people who were compelled to leave their home countries because they had a real fear of being persecuted, threatened, violently attacked, or in some other way facing certain death. They look for safety and protection elsewhere. In times of crisis, refugees frequently flee their homes, taking with them their valuables and even their whole way of life.
Rohingya: A minority ethnic Muslim population in Myanmar (Burma), the Rohingya are mostly from the Rakhine State. In Myanmar, they have long endured persecution, prejudice, and violence against their community, in addition to limits on their rights. As a result, there is a serious Rohingya refugee crisis, and many people are migrating to nearby nations like Bangladesh in search of protection and shelter.
Exploitation: Using someone or something unfairly or unethically for one's own advantage or benefit—often to the disadvantage of the party being exploited—is referred to as exploitation. It can happen in a variety of settings, such as those involving labour, economics, human rights, and natural resources.
Stateless: People who lack citizenship or nationality in any country are said to be stateless. They lack citizenship's associated rights and protections, as well as legal acknowledgment.
Displacement: When people are forcibly removed from their homes or regular residences owing to a variety of factors, such as violence, persecution, natural catastrophes, or other unfavourable conditions, this is referred to as displacement.
Assimilation: Assimilation is the process by which individuals or groups from various cultural origins adopt the traditions, morals, ways of speaking, and societal mores of the dominant or host culture, frequently to the point where their original cultural identity is less obvious or even lost.
Human Trafficking: The terrible and unlawful practise of “human trafficking” entails the exploitation of people, frequently through pressure, fraud, or force, for a variety of reasons, such as forced labour, sexual exploitation, or involuntary servitude.
Repercussions: Repercussions are the results or ramifications of a specific action, event, decision, or circumstance.
Geo-Politics: Geopolitics is the study and analysis of the political and economic ties between nations, particularly with regard to how geography and territory affect world politics.