Rohingya Refugee Crisis: A Historical Study

Abstract

The Rohingya refugee crisis is one most the worst humanitarian crisis in the world. They have no state to proclaim their national identity, actually it is the cause of all the problem that they are dealing with. This paper examining their historical origin various political issues and other consequences. Here the major arguments regarding the crisis are colonial migration, post-colonial nationalism and ethnic nationalism of Myanmar. The national citizenship law of Myanmar in 1982 intensified their plight and majority of Rohingyas flood to various countries become refugees, which lead to the spread of extremist identity among them and eventually lead to the fight between ethnic group based on religious identity. Besides all of these this paper also analyzing the problem from the perspective of both India and Bangladesh too. Myanmar considers them as Indian migrants, meanwhile the Rohingyas see them as a population that belongs to the Rakhine region. Furthermore, it provides a crucial insight into the necessity of global cooperation and a compassionate strategy to address the refugee problem