Abandoned and Apartheid (A case study of Myanmar’s Rohingya Migrants)

Topic: 

rakan; Boat people; Rohingya; Myanmar; Persecuted Community, Refugee; Rakhine; Stateless People; UNHCR

Description: 

"State sponsored persecution and subsequent migration of Rohingya has emerged as a serious challenge to existing International system as the international community despite recognizing the fact that Rohingya are subjected to systemic persecution and genocide could only silently witness the burning villages and capsizing boats of Rohingya refugees effectively failing to respond to the crisis. Forced migration of Rohingya has therefore posed serious questions to the effectiveness of incumbent International security regime centered around UNSC; and international human rights regime particularly Genocide convention and International Refugee Convention of 1951. This essay presents to its readers a chronological record of the longstanding crisis surrounding Rohingya and response of the regional as well as international players at different stages of the conflict. Thus, An attempt has been made to understand the anatomy of Rohingya migration crisis with an aim to explore doable options to resolve this protracted humanitarian issue.."

Source/publisher: 

Iqra University via Academia.edu (USA)

Date of entry: 

2020-02-09

Grouping: 

  • Individual Documents

Category: 

Countries: 

Myanmar, Bangladesh

Administrative areas of Burma/Myanmar: 

Rakhine State

Language: 

English

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Format: 

pdf

Size: 

242.91 KB (19 pages)

Resource Type: 

text

Text quality: 

    • Good