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Term Paper/Baby Thesis

INNN17F November 25, 2017
Russel Philip B. Nuestro Sir Jumel G. Estranero
AB Foreign Service - FS 401

The Rohingya Crisis: Impact on the state of Politics, Migration and Economy of the
Bangladesh and its relation with Myanmar

Introduction/Abstract
In the Southeast Asia, there are 1.1 million Muslims who lived within the region;
one of them is the Rohingyas which is one of the majority ethnic groups of Muslims.
Furthermore, the Rohingyan people speak the language of Rohinggua or simply
Rohingya which is distinct to others to Rakhaine State in Myanmar. In the year 1982,
the state of Myanmar did not recognize the Rohingyan people as one of its ethnic
groups and denied their citizenships to become part of the people within the state;
simply they are considered as stateless. In the data of International Migration
Organization, there are more than 300,000 Rohingyan people have fled the Myanmar to
Bangladesh since the year 1990s. The year 2012, where violent clashes in the state of
Rakhaine in Myanmar; it continued in the year 2015 displacing the Rohingyas. (Al
Jazeera, 2017)
Base on the data that the United Nations have gathered last May, there are more than
168,000 Rohingyan people have fled the Myanmar since the year 2012. After the
violence that has been broke out last year in the state of Myanmar, more than 87,000
have fled Myanmar to Bangladesh from October 2016 July 2017. (Al Jazeera, 2017)
Some of the responses of the international community and other international
organizations like the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) stated
that We call on the international community to intensify efforts to bring a peaceful
solution to the plight of the Rohingya, to end the desperate exodus, to support host
communities and ensure the conditions that will allow for refugees eventual voluntary
return in safety and dignity. The origins and, thus, the solutions to this crisis lie in
Myanmar. (UNHCR, Joint Statement on the Rohingya Refugee Crisis)
On the other hand, the Bangladesh government on the continuing growth of rohingyan
refugee in the state; the Bangladesh government has still not come up with a
comprehensive refugee policy that will enable the refugees to be given a protection and
access to basic services. In the security aspect of the Bangladesh, some rohinyas were
blamed for the continuing increase of crime rate and drug-related cases in the Coxs
Bazaar of the state. Some of the rohingyan people who arrive in the state were not
given the opportunity to enter the stae of Bangladesh.
The Bangladesh government has tried to prevent from entering within the Bangladesh -
Myanmar borders the Rohingyan people. In addition with this, the Bangladesh
government considered most of the Rohingyan people who have fled with their country
as illegally infiltrated. According to the Bangladesh Foreign Minister Abul Hassan
Mahmud Ali he stated that the violence in the state of Myanmar against Rohingya a
genocide. (Al Jazeera, 2017) In a news website of Bangladesh Tribune, Rohingya
influx may hurt Bangladesh economy in a way that there might be food and transport
price hikes, food shortages, and it may reduce tourism within the country due to the
continuing rise of Rohingyan people. (Dhaka Tribune, Ishtiaq Husain and Ibrahim
Hossain Ovi, 2017). Rohigyan people from Myanmar fleeing to Bangladesh have been
banned from leaving the overcrowded borders. With this, there are some police and
checkpoints within the border areas to prevent the Rohingyan people fleeing from their
country.
This research will investigate on what are the impacts of Rohingyan Crisis on the
political, migration, economic aspect of Bangladesh and the state of its relations with
Myanmar amidst the crisis. It also aimed to determine on how can the Bangladesh
government and Myanmar government address the Rohingya crisis in the different
aspect areas such as political, economic and migration. The scope of this study will
focus on the two states of Bangladesh and Myanmar. The scope of this study will focus
on the two states of Bangladesh and Myanmar, the impact of Rohingya Crisis on the
political, migration and economic aspect of Bangladesh and how the two states leaders
of Bangladesh and Myanmar will address the issue.

Statement of the Problem

(1) What is the impact of Rohingyan Crisis in the aspect political and economy of
Bangladesh?

(2) What would be the effects of the said crisis on the bilateral relations of
Bangladesh Myanmar?

(3) Is Bangladesh migration policy to restrict the Rohingya refugees fleeing from
their country affects their legal obligation in the UNHCR?

(4) How the state of Bangladesh and Myanmar cooperate and negotiate with the
said crisis?

(5) Is there any proposed policy/treaty that will address the Rohingya crisis in the
state of Myanmar and Bangladesh?
Methodology
Crisis Conflict Management Theory
In this research, the method that Ill be using is the Crisis Conflict Management Theory.
This theory provides an opportunity to address this research study why the Rohingyan
Muslim refugees in the state of Myanmar continues to flee from the state of Bangladesh
and how the two states will deal on the Rohingya crisis. In line with this, in the state of
Myanmar, most of the religion of the people is Buddhist and only few of them are
Rohingyan Muslims. Rohingya is one of the ethnic groups of Muslim religion; some of
the Rohingya Muslims live in the state of Rakhine in Myanmar. With this, the Rohingyan
people are not considered to be a citizen in the state of Myanmar; meaning they are
considered as stateless. In the year 2015, since the Rohingyan Muslims are considered
to be stateless most of them flee from its neighboring countries like Thailand, Indonesia,
Malaysia and of course the state of Bangladesh. Later this year, violence happened in
the state of Myanmar which is according to some news some of the Myanmar security
forces had a violent crashes with the Rohingyan Muslims within the region of Myanmar;
this causes many people were killed in the said violence and thousands of people flee
from Bangladesh. The Bangladesh government open its borders to accept the
Rohingyan refugees. On the aspect of political, the continuing growth of Rohingyan
refugee has an impact on the politics and the government of Bangladesh same on the
migration and economic aspect. This method will determine on how to address the crisis
and conflict regarding on the crisis in the aspect of political, migration and economic
aspects and how the two states will affects its bilateral relations on this crisis.
Review of Related Literature
Almost one million of rohingyas from Myanmar are now living in the state of
Bangladesh. The Rohingya crises, considered as one of the worlds worst refugee
crises, and with this, the state of Bangladesh as a poor country had suffered the burden
to accept the millions of number of rohingyan people. In the political aspect of
Bangladesh government; the countrys body politic and its core move slide toward s into
authoritarianism. Most of the people of Bangladesh, whom also are Muslims, support
their government to make an action to the rohingyan refugee to provide them with
humanitarian aid, despite the costs and risk of the situation. The Prime Minister of
Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina has been credited by the archbishop of Dhaka to give
humane response to the rohingyan refugees. In line with that, it would be very risky for
the balance of secularism and religion in Bangladesh politics. Hefazat, who advocated
the liberation of Rakhaine state in Myanmar, which is the western part of Myanmar were
thousands of people fleeing to Bangladesh. Hefazats headquarters are located in the
city of Chittagong, they threatened to wage jihad in Myanmar if the army and its officials
do not stop torturing the Rohingyan people. Whether Hefazat becomes a political party
or run for the general election which will happen in the year 2018 or early 2019, the
rohingya refugee crisis has an impact and role over the national politics of Bangladesh.
(Tom Felix Joehnk, The New York Times, 2017)1

On the aspect of economy of Bangladesh, according to the United States Ambassador

Marcia Bernicat Rohingya crisis will also have an impact on this countrys economy
she stated that during a luncheon meeting at the American Chamber of Commerce in
the state of Bangladesh. Furthermore, she stated the barriers of doing a businessin
Bangladesh due to the increasing number of Rohingyas within the country. On the
other hand, the Finance Minister of Bangladesh AMA Muhith told that it is a real
challenge of Bangladesh. He added that Myanmar is destroying the economy of
1
Tom Felix Joehnk, How the Rohingya Crisis is changing? (The New York Times, 2017)
2Abdur
Rahim Harmachi, Rohingya Crisis will affect Bangladesh economy says US
Ambassador Bernicat (bdnews24.com, 2017)
Bangladesh by pushing the Rohingyas through the borders of Bangladesh Myanmar.
The government of Bangladesh has been giving shelter to 400,000 Rohingya refugees
before the latest colossal exodus. When Finance Minister Muhit attended the
International Monetary Fund (IMF) World Bank which is annual meeting held in
Washington D.C. he used the term bloody rogue country in Myanmar because it will
destroy the economy of Bangladesh because of the Rohingyan crisis. He criticized the
government of Myanmar, particulary the Army of Myanmar which still controls its
government in the aspect of defense and security even though Nobel Peace Laureate
Aung San Suu Kyis party won in its state elections. He also stated that Myanmars
government "They are the most anti-people army that anywhere in the world you have
at the moment. That's Myanmar, "The entire resource of the country is spent on
defence, what bloody defence they have. Who are they defending themselves against?
Nothing." he said. He was also asked how will affect the Bangladesh economy amidst
the said crisis "We'll have to spend a big amount for the Rohingyas. This is worrying. I'll
have to make changes in budget allocations after returning to Bangladesh." The
Bangladesh government and its Prime Minister have opened its gate for the Rohingya
refugees because shes a humanist according to Muhit. In addition, he also told that the
state of Myanmar is not being pressured properly by the international community.
(bdnews24, Abdur Rahim Harmachi, 2017)2

The state of Bangladesh and Myanmar are on the process of ongoing negotiations
regarding on how they will address the continuing fleeing of thousands of Rohingyas in
within the region. With this, Dhakas foreign minister will address the said issue with
Myanmar this week. There are more than 600,000 rohingyan people fled from the state
of Bangladesh since last August due to the military clearance operation of the state of
Myanmar in the Buddhist majority state of Rakhine. Furthermore, the continuing
increase of Rohingyan people fleeing from the Bangladesh has caused an international
outrcry. According to the Foreign Minister of Bangladesh, the Bangladesh and Myanmar
are negotiating in a bilateral agreement meeting to repatriate the rohingyan people and

3
Shehab Sumon, Bangladesh, Myanmar consider repatriation of rohingyan refugees, (Arab
News, 2017)
to form a Joint Working Group to facilitate the said crisis. Alis senior aid also said that
he will go to the state of Myanmar to attend the Asian European Union meeting this
coming Monday and Tuesday and he would extend his stay in Malaysia for the bilateral
meeting in Myanmar and discuss how the two states of Bangladesh and Myanmar will
address the issue. Ali hope that the bilateral talk would resolve the crisis and he also
hopes that the rohingyan people will be allowed by the state of Myanmar to be back.
Both states have reach an agreement and understandings on how they will address the
issue but there are still some points that the both states must agree upon on. Last 1st
day of November 2017, the state of Myanmar said that they are in the process of
repatriation but the Bangladesh government was delaying it to get an international aid
money. Aung Sun Suu Kyis, who is the de facto leader of the state of Myanmar told that
he would allow the rohingyas to be back in the country yet they must have a proof that
they are part of the residents of Myanmar. Last October, the state of Bangladesh and
Myanmar have agreed to form a joint panel for the repatriation of the refugees; with this
the decision came up in a meeting between the Foreign Minister of Bangladesh A.H.
Mahmud Alia and Myanmars Minister for the Office of State Councellor Kyaw Tint Swe.
In a statement of the Foreign Minister of Bangladesh, the state of Myanmar proposes
that they will allow the rohingyan people again to be back in their country and both
states have agreed that they will form a joint working group for the repatriation of
thousands of rohingyan people who have fled Myanmar. Also, in addition on the said
meeting of the two states, the Bangladesh government proposed a treaty together with
the state of Myanmar to have an urbane action for the repatriation of the refugees. The
draft of the treaty was handed to the state of Myanmar; the date for the launching of the
joint working group is soon to be announcing by the two states of Myanmar and the
Bangladesh government. (Arab News, Shehab Sumon, 2017)3
The increasing number of Rohingyan refugee fled to the state of Bangladesh had
caused strain relations between the Bangladesh and Myanmar. Bangladesh has
accused the state of Myanmar illegally violating its air space that any provocative acts
could lead to unwarranted consequences. In line with this, this has caused the strain
bilateral relations of the two states because of the said crisis. Almost 400,000 of
Rohingya Muslims have fled the state of Myanmar. The United Nations has branded the
state action as a textbook example of ethnic cleansing. Last September 10, 12 and 14,
the Bangladesh caught that the state of Myanmar drones and helicopters into the air
space. In relation with this, the Bangladesh government stated that the state of
Myanmar violated their air space and with that the Bangladesh coordinates with the
Myanmar Embassy in Dhaka to formally complain about the said matter. It is a deep
concern for the Bangladesh government about the repetition of acts of Myanmar such
as provocation and they demanded that the Myanmar should take an immediate action
to ensure that the violation of sovereignty does not repeat again. On the other hand, the
Myanmar government responded to the formal complaint of Bangladesh government
regarding on provocation and their violation of sovereignty within their country, but the
Myanmar government stated that they did not have any information regarding on the
said matter and they denied the accusation of the Bangladesh government regarding on
provocation and the violation of the sovereignty.

4
Saudi Gazette, Rohingya Refugee crisis strains Bangladesh Myanmar relations (Saudi
Gazette, 2017)
According to the spokesperson of the state of Myanmar, Zaw Htay, the Myanmar
government will check on the information regarding on the formal complaint of the
Bangladesh, he also added that Our twocountries are facing the refugee crisis. We
need to collaborate with good understanding, he told on Reuters news agency. The
Security Forces of Myanmar and Rakhine Buddhist vigilantes take an action, and with
that, they monitor the situation and those who are fleeing from Myanmar is a campaign
of violence and arson which driving out the number of Rohingyan Muslims in the region.
Bangladesh said that all Rohingyan people who fled from Myanmar should go back; the
state of Myanmar also told that all rohingyan refugees are allowed to go back, as long
as they have their citizenship but almost of the rohingyan refugees are considered as
stateless. Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will attend on the UN General
Assembly and she would call for pressure to Myanmar after stopping its ethnic
cleansing. The said crisi has led to humanitarian crisis not only for the rohingyan
refugees but also on the side of Bangladesh government and the Myanmar government.
Most of the generals in the state of Myanmar still control the national security policy, Au
San Suu Kyi was criticized by the international community forr not preventing and
condemning the violence against the rohingya Muslims in the region. Myanmar rejects
the accusation that its security forces are conducting a clearing operation against the
Arakan Rohingyan Salvation Army (ARSA) Muslims in the region, who also claimed the
responsibility for the attacks last 25thday of August and last October. (Saudi Gazette,
2017)4
The Bangladesh Government started to prohibit the Rohingyan Muslims that fled from
Myanmar to its borders; there are more than 400,000 fled form its neighboring state
Myanmar. According to some police officials, they have issued an order were the
Rohingyan Muslim refugees will be prohibited not to leave/enter again their refugee
camps; they must stay on their designated refugee camps. With that, they cannot travel
from one place to another; workers are not allowed to carry rohingya Muslims in their
truck or bus. The restriction was announced by the Bangladesh government as they
faced the continuing increase of numbers of refugees in their country; there are more
than 409,000 rohingyan refugees in the region since last month according to the United
Nations. Regarding on the relief operations, the Bangladesh government is criticize in
their relief operations; according to some the relief operations that the Bangladesh
government is providing to the Rohingyan refugees is that the distribution of it is not that
organized and manage well by the government. (Al Jazeera News, 2017)5. Under the
international law, refoulement means to expel or return the refugees in any manner
whatsoever to the frontiers of territories where his or her life of freedom would be
threatened on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social
group or political opinion as defined in the Article 33 of the 1951 of the Convention
Relating to the Status of Refugees, as well as article 14 in the Universal Declaration on
Human Rights (UNHCR Agency)6
5
Al Jazeera News, Bangladesh restrict movements of rohingya refugees, (Al Jazeera News,
2017)
6
Refworld, Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh: The search for a lasting solution (Refworld,
2017)
The Department of Foreign Affairs Secretary Allan Peter S. Cayetano stated during the
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in Manila expressed its
concerns about the further developments and situation in the state of Rakhine in
Myanmar regarding on the violence of the security forces against the Rohingyan
Muslims in the region. He also added that all acts of violence which resulted in loss of
civilian lives, destruction of homes and displacement of large numbers of people. In line
with this, the Bangladesh government according to the data that the United Nations
have gathered there are more than 700,000 Rohingya refugees have fled to
Bangladesh; thee continues fleeing of the Rohingyan cause the Bangladesh state to be
overpopulated. Furthermore, based on the figures there are 420,000 who fled the state
of Myanmar for the past three and a half weeks. Anifah Aman, the Malaysian Foreign
Minister oposes the chairmans statement about the Rohingya crisis; she added that the
chairmas statement was not based on a concensus, theres a misinterpretation of
whats really happening on the said crisis; Rohingyan refugees is still the most affected
communities here in this crisis. The state of Myanmar ensures that the safety and
protection of the rohingyan refugees will be address through its immediate action; they
will also to continue its efforts to normalize the socio economic conditions of the
Rohingyan Muslims that fled to Bangladesh and will continue its efforts to address the
Rohingyan Muslims in the state of Bangladesh. (GMA News Online, Michaela De Callar,
2017)7

7
GMA News, Malaysia opposes Cayetanos ASEAN chair statement on Rohingya crisis (GMA
News, 2017)
There are more than 380,000 Rohingyan refugees who fled the state of Myanmar to
Bangladesh. In relation with this, the said fled is because of some various attacks by the
security forces of Myanmar against the Rohingya Muslims, Philippine Senator Koko
Pimentel III urged the Philippine government to help and provide humanitarian aid to
those rohingyan people who fled from the state of Bangladesh. With this, the
Bangladesh government are experiencing an overpopulated and they cannot provide all
the humanitarian needs of the Rohingyan refugees without the help of other
international organizations and the international community. The Senate President also
added to his statement that Thousands of Rohingyan have fled the state of Myanmar to
Bangladesh for their safety and on the aspect of humanitarian support; the countrys
resources will stretched its hands on the Bangladesh government to address the said
crisis in the aspect of humanitarian aid. According to the spokesperson of the United
Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the Bangladesh government
should need an international community support for additional funds in providing
shelters, foods and other basic needs of the continuing growing numbers of rohingyan
people that the Bangladesh government should address. (Senate of the Philippines,
Press Release)8

Last 18th day of November 2017 (Saturday), the Philippine Ambassador to the United
Nations Teddy Boy Locsin told that the Government of the Republic of the Philippines
decided to abstained on a UN Draft resolution in the United Nations General Assembly;
the UN Draft resolution stated that it will pressure the state of Myanmar to stop its
military violence against the Rohingyan Muslims within the region. The continuous
fleeing of the Rohingyan Muslims within the region of the Bangladesh makes it
government to continue its efforts on providing humanitarian aid and to normalize its
countrys socio economic conditions amidst on the said crisis. With this, the Philippine
government will also continue its efforts to stabilize the life of the Rohingyan muslims in
Bangladesh by providing a humanitarian support. In line on the decision of the
Philippines to vote abstain on the said draft resolution that will pressure the state of
Myanmar according to the Philippine Ambassador to the United Nations Teddy Boy
Locsin; it is the right thing to do right now and voting yes to the draft resolution, he
added that it will cause disagreements between the two countries.(Philippine Star,
2017)9
In an article from the Philippine Star, the Bangladesh government together with the
state of Myanmar sign an agreement last 23rd day of November 2017 (Thursday). With
this, the agreement is regarding on the two states will address the said issue; in the
agreement of the two states, the state of Myanmar agreed the return of Rohingya
Muslims from their state. The state of Myanmar did not give the full details about the
said agreement regarding on how many refugees will be allow to return to their state.
On the other hand, cooperation and agreement of the state of Bangladesh and
Myanmar will take effective in two months. According the office of the Myanmar Civilian
Leader Au San Su Kyi they stated in the agreement that they will allow the return of the
Rohingyan refugees from the state of Bangladesh, the agreement was signed by some
of the members of the cabinet of Myanmar in the state capital Myanmar of Naypyitaw.
Under that agreement, the state of Myanmar will allow the return of Rohingyan Muslims
to present residency documents which some of them have the said documents before
they will allowed to return to Myanmar. (Philippine Star, 2017)10

(The state of Bangladesh and Myanmar on the signing of agreement for the Rohingyan
Muslims (Myanmar Information Ministry AP)

8
Senate of the Philippines, Aid Rohingya refugees, help recover Bangladeshi recover millions say
Koko Pimentel (Senate of the Philippines, 2017)

9
Ian Nicolas Cigaral, Locsin: Abstaining from vote on draft UN resolution on Rohingya
crisis right thing (Philippine Star News, 2017)
10
Philippine Star, Myanmar, Bangladesh signs an agreement on Rohingya refugees
(Philippine Star News, 2017)
Presentation
This presentation studies about the Impact of Rohingya Crisis on the political, migration
and economic aspect of the state of Bangladesh and its bilateral relations with the state
of Myanmar. Since 2015, the Rohingya refugees continue to rise fleeing from the state
of Bangladesh. In relation with this, the Bangladesh government and the state of
Myanmar will address the said issue on a bilateral meeting. On the other hand, the state
of Bangladesh was alarmed due to the rise of Rohingya refugees from the year 2015 up
to now, the said crisis have an impact in the government of the Bangladesh but not only
on the government of Bangladesh but also on its economic and migration aspect.

Interpretation
Since the year 2015, the Rohingyan refugees are continuing to flee form the state of
Myanmar. Rohingya Muslims are considered to be stateless; meaning they have no
permanent state that they can live with or even a government that they can establish. In
relation with this, on the aspect of political of the Bangladesh government; the rohingya
crisis has an impact on their politics, most of those people who wish to run for a position
in the government of Bangladesh must address and be part of the agenda of the
candidate on how the government of Bangladesh will address the said issue. On the
part of the Bangladesh government, the continuing growth of the population of
Rohingyan muslim refugees affects not only their government but also the daily life of
the citizens of Bangladesh, the international community and the international
organizations on how they will address the said issue.
On the economic aspect of the Bangladesh government, thousands of rohingyan
Muslims have fled the state of Myanmar. With this, the economic aspect of the
Bangladesh has an impact on the growth of Rohingyan refugees. The Bangladesh
government must continue to provide the humanitarian aid to the rohingyan refugees
and needs to have additional funds to address the issue. The economic impact on this
would be the government of Bangladesh must use their other funds to sustain its
humanitarian aid to the rohingyan refugees; more and more people will get hungry if the
state of Bangladesh would not provide the humanitarian aid to its refugees. If the
Bangladesh government would not provide the said humanitarian aid, they would violate
their legal obligation in the United Nations Higher Commission for Refugees; the said
agency might give them a sanction on not providing a humanitarian aid. In addition with
this, they would also violate the Universal Declaration on Human Rights. On the other
hand, the investments coming from the foreign countries might decline its direct
investments to the state of Bangladesh because of the continuing rise of the rohingyan
refugees; foreign investments would not be the only affected here but also the
Bangladesh locals tourism. Lastly, as the population of rohingyan refugee will continue
to grow in the state; the state of Bangladesh can also lead to the growing numbers of
families who are poor.
Next is on the Migration aspect of the Bangladesh, as the Rohingyan refugees continue
to enter the Myanmar Bangladesh borders, the population of the Bangladesh will
continue to grow which will cause the state an overpopulated. The impact will directly on
the political, economic and as well as the migration aspect of the Bangladesh
government.
Lastly, on the impact of bilateral relations of Bangladesh with Myanmar; since the
Rohingya crises have started, the bilateral relations of the state of Bangladesh and
Myanmar become strained. In relation with this, the two states during the first few
months of the crisis and since in the year 2015, the Bangladesh and Myanmar cannot
agree on how they will handle the said crisis. The continuous growth of rohingyan
refugees in the region of Bangladesh makes its government find it hard on how they will
handle the crisis; once a refugee crisis has been arise the government of Bangladesh
must be financially prepared on this crisis. Moreover, the Bangladesh government
stated that the Myanmar should allow its rohingyan muslim people to return their
country. The relation of Myanmar and Bangladesh become cold because its crisis has a
big impact on the political, economic and migration aspect of its government.

Analysis
The Rohingyan Refugee Crisis in Bangladesh has an impact on the political, economic
and migration aspect of its state. With this, the Bangladesh government cannot
disregard this issue because its about the humanitarian situation of the refugees and it
has a direct impact on its government. The two state leaders of Bangladesh and
Myanmar should cooperate with each other on how they will handle on the said crisis;
disregarding the said crisis will also violate their legal obligation of these two states on
the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) rules. Government of
Bangladesh would not only have an refugee crisis if the two states will not continue their
negotiations but also an economic crisis suffering within their country. This crisis can
only be resolved if the state of Myanmar and Bangladesh cooperate with each other or
even formulate a policy or an agreement that will let the Rohingyan refugees to return to
their home country.
Summary
This research focuses on the impact of Rohingyan Crisis on the political, economic and
migration aspect of the state of Bangladesh and its bilateral relations with Myanmar. On
the political aspect, the Rohingya crisis changes the politics and government of
Bangladesh; those people who wish to run in a position in the government of
Bangladesh, their agenda must include the Rohingya crisis on how its government will
address the issue. Some citizens of the Bangladesh, also wants to address the said
crisis, they need a next leader that will solve the Rohingya crisis in their state. Second is
on the aspect of economy, the Bangladesh government should immediately address the
said issue because the more rohingyan refugees that will enter to its borders, the more
funds of its government that they need to support the refugees humanitarian aid.
Furthermore, its government might also experience a lack of resources (in funds, food
shortages, shelter, land and water) due to the said crisis. The people of Bangladesh will
also be affected once the refugees continue to grow. Third, the aspect of migration, the
more refugee will enter its borders the more problems that the government of
Bangladesh will encounter not only on its domestic problems but also the Rohingyan
refugees within its territory. Lastly on the bilateral relations, the bilateral relations will
become strained once the said crisis will not be address by the two head of states
leaders of Myanmar and Bangladesh.

Conclusion
The result of this study is that the state of Bangladesh and its government has an
impact on the politics, economics and migration. Furthermore, the continuous growth of
rohingyan muslim refugees within its state will encounter some problems like shortages
in food, land, water, electricity and other basic needs. The said crisis in the Bangladesh
will not only directly affect its government and people yet it will also affect the
investments of other international companies within its country; tourism will slightly goes
downwards once the rohingya people occupied some of its territories. State of Myanmar
and Bangladesh must negotiate with each other on a bilateral meeting on how they will
address the said issue; the state must also address the issue without violating their
legal obligation to rohingya refugees and without violating the Universal Declaration on
Human Rights.

Recommendation
Since the year 2015, there are thousands of Rohingyan Muslims have fled the state of
Myanmar to Bangladesh. In line with this, most of the Rohingyan muslims fled because
they are recognized by the state of Myanmar as part of its citizens; meaning they are
considered as stateless. Last month of September 2017, a violence was sparked in the
state of Rakhine in Myanmar; hundreds of people were injure and few of them were also
killed in the said violence. Furthermore, after the violence most of the Rohingyan
Muslims fled to their neighboring countries like Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and the
state of Bangladesh; which is the most affected country due to the continuing growth of
number of Rohingyan Muslims in their country. Therefore, I recommend that the state of
Myanmar and Bangladesh should talk on a bilateral meeting regarding on the said
crisis. Bangladesh officials should raise their concerns and impacts of the continuing
rise of number of Rohingyan refugees in their country that have an impact on their
politics, economics, and as well as migration. Since rihingya muslims are consifered to
be stateless; the two states should also formulate a policy/treaty that will provide
protection to the rohingyan refugees. International community and other international
organizations should also take part in providing the humanitarian aid to the Rohingyan
Muslims since Bangladesh cannot provide all the resources that the refugees needed.
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