Senior Lecturer, Department of Law and Justice, Southeast University, Dhaka. Bangladesh
Online published on 3 December, 2012.
The persecution and sufferings of the Rohingya people are unabated demanding more humanitarian deals. Living with basic human rights and dignity is a farce to them as they are struggling for survival and fighting the threat for existence. As a consequence of deliberate persecution, cruelty and degrading treatment in Myanmar they are forced to leave the country for many times seeking refuge in neighbouring countries especially in Bangladesh. In response to humanitarian appeal, Bangladesh has been generous enough in couple of times to extend help but recently decided not to allow further entry of them. The Rohingya living in Bangladesh are also in multi dimensional discrepancies and has been leading a restricted life in captivity. Both states are with dilapidated economy and loaded with the curse of poverty and practically unable to resolve the Rohingya crisis. The policies for patronizing the Rohingya in both states are frustratingly divorced from objective human rights standard including basic human security. The specialized UN organization like UNHCR in association with different human rights organizations are working for the welfare as well as for a holistic solution of Rohingya issue. However, both states should stay away from their unbending mindset and strict position extending cooperation for its peaceful end. This paper aims at portraying the scenario of Rohingya, their concerns, agonies and suggesting possible way outs paving the way for a durable solution for the deplorable community who are seemingly born to suffer.
Rohingya refugees, ethnic minority, persecution, legal obligation, durable solution