4 years of Rohingya exodus: No end to crisis in sight

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4 years of Rohingya exodus: No end to crisis in sight

Published : Wednesday, 25 August, 2021 at 11:45 AM, Count : 775

4 years of Rohingya exodus: No end to crisis in sight

Bangladesh continues to suffer from the ongoing Rohingya crisis without being a party to it, as Myanmar is refusing to take its own people back with a complete disregard for the bilateral agreements signed by Dhaka and Naypyitaw.

As of now, there appears to be no end in sight to the crisis created by Myanmar.

The international community seems unwilling to do more to compel Myanmar to take back its own people from Rakhine, whom Bangladesh sheltered to save their lives.

On August 25, 2017, the Myanmar military, aided by local Buddhist mobs and goons from other ethnic groups, began a genocidal crackdown on Rohingyas in Rakhine state forcing hundreds of thousands to flee their homes.

The then United Nations high commissioner for human rights described the Myanmar military campaign as a textbook example of ethnic cleansing. Later, many individuals and reports confirmed that the Myanmar military committed crimes against humanity, including genocide.

The barbaric actions of Myanmar continued for several months and forced about 740,000 Rohingyas, which is more than half of the population of the community, to cross the border into Cox’s Bazar to save their lives.

At least 6,700 Rohingya, including at least 730 children under the age of five, were killed in the month after the crackdown began, according to medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF).

Amnesty International said the Myanmar military had also raped and abused Rohingya women and girls.

A report published by UN investigators in August 2018 accused Myanmar's military of carrying out mass killings and rapes with genocidal intent.

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With the arrivals of the about 740,000 Rohingyas, Bangladesh was faced with one of the gravest crises in its history. Despite its limited resources, Bangladesh gave the displaced people shelter and security. The arrivals after August 25, 2017 are in addition to 80,000 Rohingyas who took shelter in 2016 and nearly 300,000 who have been living in Bangladesh for decades.

During the last four years, despite making repeated promises take the Rohingyas back, Myanmar did not create a favourable condition for the return of the displaced people.

Two attempts to begin the repatriation were unsuccessful due to the failure of Myanmar to create a condition in which the Rohingyas could put their trust.

Naypyitaw even did not honour the agreements it signed with Dhaka to repatriate the Rohingyas.

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