rohingya

Question 1

Background (political/forced migration)

Answer 1

The Rohingya people are an ethnic minority that live mainly in the northern region of Rakhine State, Myanmar, and have been described as one of the world’s most persecuted minorities. Muslims fled from Japanese-controlled and Buddhist-majority regions to Muslim-dominated northern Arakan with many being killed (and are viewed as illegal immigrants from bangladesh as they refuse to see them as people but they are political refugees) .

Question 2

figures

Answer 2

700,000 fled destruction of homes and persecution in northern Rakhine province of Myanmar to Bangladesh in august 2017 and onwards all risked death by sea and on foot
6,700 dead (730 under 5 years old)
however military claimed this ended on 5th september and only killed 400 (in reality its still ongoing)

Question 3

causes

Answer 3

military offence in Rakhine provoked the exodus as a “textbook example of ethnic cleansing” targeting civilians
august 25 2017 deadly attacks launched on 30 police posts and burned and attacked villages (raping and abusing women and girls)