In the East Asia Region, Myanmar’s Rohingya refugee represents the world’s largest stateless population. The Myanmar Rohingya refugee crisis has escalated on a large scale after the Military Junta takeover of the government. Myanmar’s migration experience is completely different from the rest of the region. The internally displaced Rohingya within Myanmar and Rohingya refugees seeking shelter in the neighbouring country are not migrating to secure livelihood but essentially fleeing to ensure life. Now nearly one million Rohingya refugees are taking shelter in Bangladesh; Cox’s Bazar Rohingya refugee camp has become the world’s largest refugee settlement. The refugee Rohingya crisis is happening at the doorstep of India, and India is yet to take any proactive string measures to curtail the crisis. Even though India is not a signatory to the refugee conventions, it has brought out The Citizenship Amendment Act to shelter select prosecuted minorities from neighbouring states, however, Rohingya refugees are kept outside the ambit of the act and are now facing the threat of deportations back to Myanmar. The chapter reviews the contemporary development of the Myanmar Rohingya refugee crisis and also discusses India’s current shift in stand in dealing with the Rohingya refugees. The Rohingya refugee crisis has remained unresolved for a long and has turned into a humanitarian crisis in otherwise peaceful South East Asia. India and other neighbouring countries could collectively work with international institutions towards reconciliation, safe return, and reintegration of both internally displaced and refugees.

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Myanmar: Comparative Migrant Experience Review of Migrant Refugees in the Contemporary Times

  • Rakesh Ranjan Kumar

摘要

In the East Asia Region, Myanmar’s Rohingya refugee represents the world’s largest stateless population. The Myanmar Rohingya refugee crisis has escalated on a large scale after the Military Junta takeover of the government. Myanmar’s migration experience is completely different from the rest of the region. The internally displaced Rohingya within Myanmar and Rohingya refugees seeking shelter in the neighbouring country are not migrating to secure livelihood but essentially fleeing to ensure life. Now nearly one million Rohingya refugees are taking shelter in Bangladesh; Cox’s Bazar Rohingya refugee camp has become the world’s largest refugee settlement. The refugee Rohingya crisis is happening at the doorstep of India, and India is yet to take any proactive string measures to curtail the crisis. Even though India is not a signatory to the refugee conventions, it has brought out The Citizenship Amendment Act to shelter select prosecuted minorities from neighbouring states, however, Rohingya refugees are kept outside the ambit of the act and are now facing the threat of deportations back to Myanmar. The chapter reviews the contemporary development of the Myanmar Rohingya refugee crisis and also discusses India’s current shift in stand in dealing with the Rohingya refugees. The Rohingya refugee crisis has remained unresolved for a long and has turned into a humanitarian crisis in otherwise peaceful South East Asia. India and other neighbouring countries could collectively work with international institutions towards reconciliation, safe return, and reintegration of both internally displaced and refugees.