In 2012 until 2015
Approximately
170,000
Rohingnya Refugees
had fled to Indonesia,
Malaysia and Thailand.
Though this matter seemed like
nothing much has happened,, the
number of Rohingnya’s refugees are
still increasing until this year. Since
then, the United Nations had labelled
the Rohingyans as the most mistreated
group in the world. However, the
international community and the
United nations are still not able to
persuade the Myanmar Government
to stop the actions that are considered
as violating the rights of the
Rohingya minority group. On several
occasions, Myanmar Government
still refuses to accept that they had
violated the rights of this minority
group and until now there is no
solution to overcome this problem.
As of 2020, the world is facing
a global pandemic which is a
catastrophe that is bad enough for
the first world countries such as
The United States to handle and is
a nightmare for the least fortunate
communities, like Rohinyans.
Following the catastrophe, issues
regarding the Rohingya community,
which has been left unattended for
years are now starting to see the light
of day again as they demand for help
and rights.
Nearby countries such as
Malaysia and Thailand are handling
many refugees that are trying to
enter the country’s shore but due to
the danger of COVID-19, neither
of the governments seem to allow
it from happening. With the lack of
basic needs such as food, clothes
and shelter, as well as not having
the option to depart their boats and
ship to places where they would
not be discriminated against - this
community has nowhere else to go.
Many of the Rohingyas refugees
who stayed long enough at sea, died
or waited until their boats were
wrecked from the sea waters and
there are also those who returned
back to Bangladesh and were
quarantined in the concentration
camp.
In Malaysian coastline,
according to the government, there
are boats that are waiting up until
four months so they can depart and
have access to adequate food and
water. Some refugees that made it
to the shore were detained and in
need of assistance and access to
asylum. Until now, Malaysia has yet
to answer the request from the UN
refugee agency (UNHCR), whether
to provide urgent humanitarian
access to validate and qualify for a
refugee status or not.
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