Rohingya Crisis
 Who are Rohingya ?
 What is the origin of Rohingya
crisis?
 When and how did the crisis
became so highlighted ?
 Why are Rohingya fleeing?
Who are Rohingya
• The rohingyas are ethnic group, most of them are
Muslim, who have lived for centuries in the majority
Buddhist Myanmar.
• Since 1982 the Rohingyas were deprived from their
citizenship rights. They became the world’s largest
stateless population.
What is the origin of Rohingya
It has basically started in Rakhine (Arakan) which
is a state in Myanmar. It became in the year 2012
when a group of Rohingya men were accused of
rape and murder of a Buddhist women. The
Buddhist nationalist protested by burning the
homes of Rohingyas.
How did the crisis became so highlighted
• During August 2017 there was an armed conflict in the
Rakhine state that forced the Rohingya to move to the
neighboring country Bangladesh.
• This forced more than 700,000 people to get out of
Myanmar, half of which were children and women.
Why are Rohingya fleeing
• The Burmese army forced the Rohingyas to leave
Myanmar. Due to lack of proper human rights
they fled. Majority of them looked for shelter in
the neighboring country Bangladesh.
• Many walked through the dense jungles and
many decided their journey through the Bay of
Bengal.
 Impacts of Rohingya crisis in Bangladesh
Environmental
impact
Economical
impact
Impacts of
Rohingya
crisis
Social impact
Environmental Impacts
deforestation
water scarcity and pollution
habitat loss
air pollution
disturbance for wildlife
Economical Impacts
increased living cost
Unemployment crisis
imbalance in supply and demands
 local production is growing down
 rising poverty rate
Social impact
people feel threatened to go around them
 Bangladeshis are unable to live in peace
 violent
random armed person
Demographic Breakdown of Rohingyas in
Bangladesh
International concern for the
Rohingyas
DIPLOMATIC FEAT AROUND ROHINGYA ISSUE:
 PM of bangladesh introduced a proposal on rohingya issue in UN
General Assembley.
 Myanmar must stop violence. All civilians irrespective of their
religion and ethnicity should must be safe in Myanmar.
 United Nations and the European nations wants to solve this
problem as soon as possible by supporting the rohingyas.
Current situation of Rohingya