Causes of Rohingya Refugee Crisis and its Impact on Bangladesh

Abstract

The Rohingya crisis is a human right crisis with serious humanitarian consequences. The
Rohingya are an ethnic Muslim minority group living primarily in Myanmar’s western Rakhine
state; they practice a Sufi-inflected variation of Sunni Islam. With large-scale violence against them
in 2012, 2015, and 2017 by other groups in Rakhine State as well as by the government (UNHCR,
2016). The government in Bangladesh provides shelter to the Rohingya refugees mostly considering
the humanitarian ground and people’s perception. However, this is not thought to be a permanent
solution to this crisis for both the Rohingyas and Bangladesh itself (UNHCR, 2019). Bangladesh
has become the prime victim of this crisis. The crisis can only be overcome through international
involvement. This study tries to investigate the causes of Rohingya crisis and its impact on
Bangladesh employed a triangulation research method. Finally makes some recommendations for
overcoming the crisis and establishing lasting peace in the region.