Rohingya Refugee Crisis: Factors and Aftermath

The contemporary refugee catastrophe of the Rohingya has exclusively concerned the world leaders and has been considered as the world's worst forced migration. The Rohingya issue had caused strain relationships between Bangladesh and Myanmar since 1970. A densely populated developing country, Bangladesh, had grieved the burden of millions forced migrated Rohingya refugees in the southeast part of the country. Rohingya refugees have, undoubtedly, no intention of going back to their home country owing to the socio-economic and political mistreatment at their homeland, Myanmar. Due to the current influx, Rohingya has instigated economic loads, social troubles, and safekeeping emergencies at the tourist district of Bangladesh. It has uncovered that Rohingya refugees have been making difficulties approximating illegitimate weapons, drug trading, and human trafficking in Bandarban and Cox's Bazar. However, the forced migration of Rohingya refugees has multifaceted and controversial grounds as there are multi-angle cliques. The issue might establish an inconsistent environment because of the tactical geopolitical attention of regional power bloc and the stringency diplomacy of Myanmar. This book has engaged seven chapters where the factors of the Rohingya crisis in Myanmar and the aftermath of the recent influx have been discussed from the perspectives of South Asia.