Rohingya Crisis §

(F) Day of the week: Tuesday Created Time: June 8, 2021 3:11 AM Database: Evergreen Database Date: June 8, 2021 3:11 AM Days Till Date: Passed Last Edited Time: September 5, 2021 1:13 PM Tags:#Civil-Conflict,#Event Type: Permanent Notes

What: Ethnic/Humanitarian crisis in Myanmar

Where: Myanmar

When:

References: Seminar on Myanmar

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189,660 families (884,041 individuals) who left Myanmar for Bangladesh

• Most settled in Cox’s Bazar’s refugee camps (Bangladesh)
  • UNHCR managed
  • Unofficial settlements
  Feb 2021: UNHCR tracked 878,000 Rohingya in the camps

Remaining Problems: §

• Intentional fires, fear government is pushing residents to leave
  • Barbed wires preventing refugees from fleeing fires quickly
• Bangladeshi government try for refugees to move to island in Bay of Bengal, built to house Rohingya refugees
  • 13,000 moved
  • Are in path of cyclone
  • Are treated like prisoners
• COVID-19 cases increase rapidly
  • Stricter restrictions → bad mental health