The Rohingya Crisis and its Impacts on the Economy of Bangladesh: An Analysis of Humanitarian Response to the Repatriation Process

Authors/ Publisher: Md. Habibur Rahman/Dr. Md. Tanziul Islam

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Abstract

The nature and reality of the Rohingya crisis have already turned into a protracted conflict that destabilizes regional security and development priorities, along with economic unsteadiness for Bangladesh. The objectives of this research article are to explore the instrumental factors that led Rohingya people to migrate to Bangladesh, to examine the financial impacts on the economy and sources of funds for the Rohingya crisis in Bangladesh, to find the strategies of other countries to address the Rohingya people and incorporate them into human resource development, and to discover the ratios of Rohingya people who migrated to Bangladesh and the challenges of the repatriation process. The study followed qualitative research methodology to conduct this study by reviewing secondary sources and published documents. This study followed an inductive approach to a theoretical framework to analyze migration, refugee crises, and ethnic conflict, with a focus on the current study. This study reveals that Myanmar committed serious atrocities against Rohingya people that created an influx of refugees for neighboring Bangladesh. Basically, the Burmese army led Operation Nagamin (Dragon King) in 1978, whose intention was to displace so-called illegal migrations from the Rakhine province of Myanmar. Bangladesh is not a signatory state of the Geneva Convention that ensures refugees rights. However, it does not admit Rohingya people as refugees; rather, it calls them forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals. However, refugees, migration, and ethnic conflict are common phenomena in the global south due to colonial influence and international politics.