International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS) | Volume IV, Issue XI, November 2020 | ISSN 2454–6186

Rohingya Refugee Crisis and Its Impact in Bangladesh: A Critical Study on Governments’ Repatriation Steps, Domestic Employment Opportunities and the Role of NGOs

Abu Rushd Muhammed Shaikh¹, Mohammad Shakhawat Hossain², Md Mustafijur Rahman³, Abdur Rahman Mohammad Thamim^4
1M. Phil Researcher, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
²University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
³M.Phil Researcher, University of Chittagong, Bangladesh
⁴Lecturer, Department of International Relations, Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP), Bangladesh

Abstract: Rohingya as the worlds’ most persecuted ethnic group deserves a peaceful solution via international law and human rights act. Neighboring country, Bangladesh is not much capable enough to take ample responsibilities and burden. Repatriation can be a probable strategic settlement to ensure international peace and security. By means of existing reality, some interest groups within the country are highly encouraging them not to return their country of origin. This group has certain economic benefits from the influx, keeping the host economy into consideration. Vis-à-vis financial and other strategic interest create unsuccessful repatriation procedures that curtail security prospects of Bangladesh. As huge Rohingya influx creates a surplus labor at Cox’s bazar area, economically a very large group is in crisis situation and a small group is benefitted on it. This research endeavors to find out a linkage between the political aspect and the economic aspect, besides it examines whether economic factors or political factors are responsible for repatriation failure. This study tried to find out the economic impact of the influx in different groups and after that it focused on probability of such allegation. This paper also provides the probable measures to solve the matter in further occurrence.

Keywords: Rohingya Refugees, Forcefully Displaced persons, Rohingya Economy, Repatriation, Non- Governmental Organizations.

I. INTRODUCTION

Bangladesh, the South Asian country with limited resources and huge population, showed the magnanimity to host as many as 11,46,796 persons of the Rohingya community, who were forcefully displaced from their country of origin. More than 743000 fled to Bangladesh after the military crackdown in Myanmar in 2017.Till date Bangladesh accommodates 4.7 percent of global refugee, while their population itself is only 0.31% in the globe. This entire population is accommodated in the southern belt of the country, in one single district of Cox’s Bazar, specifically in Teknaf and Ukhiya. As of 2011 census, the population of which is 4, 71,768 only. Thus, the Rohingya people in the district supersede the host Bangladeshi community by 2.43:1. After the immediate case of influx, the situation is at a deadlock for last two years with, in fact, no remarkable progress in drawing a solution to the problem. Although the United Nations has condemned what it called the “Ethnic Cleansing” of Rohingyas in Myanmar, it has so far failed to put adequate pressure on Myanmar to create favorable conditions for the return of refugees. It is apparent