1st Edition
The Displaced Rohingyas A Tale of a Vulnerable Community
This volume offers a comprehensive overview of the Rohingya refugee crisis in Bangladesh. It analyses the socio-cultural and humanitarian challenges of the crisis, along with the discourses that have developed on this issue via the local and international media and literature. The volume also suggests ways to build sustainable solutions for the Rohingya refugees.
It discusses wide-ranging issues including a historical overview of the Rohingyas; the Rakhine State of Myanmar and the issue of religious toleration; the struggle for existence in Malaysia and Thailand; vulnerable Rohingya in Bangladesh; and stratified lives in Bangladeshi camps. It also sheds light on social insecurity among Rohingya adolescent girls; understanding gender-based violence in camps; the portrayal of the crisis in Chinese and Indian newspapers; and Bangladesh’s policy in addressing the Rohingya crisis and repatriation.
This book will be useful for scholars and researchers of sociology, social anthropology, refugee studies, peace and conflict studies, international relations, human rights, political studies, gender studies, and South Asian studies.
Notes on Contributors ix
Foreword by Bob Rae xiii
PART I
Forced Displacement and Statelessness 1
1 Introduction: Forceful Displacement and the Rohingya 3
MAHMUDUR RAHMAN BHUIYAN, BULBUL SIDDIQI, AND SK TAWFIQUE M HAQUE
2 A Historical Overview of the Rohingya: The Nexus among Refugeeness, Religion, and Geopolitics 19
ISHRAT ZAKIA SULTANA AND ABANTEE HARUN
3 The Rohingya Muslims’ Crisis in the Rakhine State of Myanmar: “Recognition as Toleration” and “Religious Toleration” 35
MD. ISHRAT IBNE ISMAIL AND MUHAMMAD MIZANUR RAHMAN
4 A Right to Exist: The Rohingya and Their Struggles in Malaysia and Thailand 52
MD. MAHBUBUL HAQUE AND SK TAWFIQUE M HAQUE
PART II
Humanitarian Issues and Uncertainties 75
5 Living in Uncertainty: Vulnerable Rohingya in Bangladesh 77
BULBUL SIDDIQI, PALASH KAMRUZZAMAN, AND MOHAMMAD EHSAN KABIR
6 Division through Registration?: Rohingya Refugees in Bangladeshi Camps 94
ISHRAT ZAKIA SULTANA
PART III
Women, Children, and Vulnerability 113
7 Challenges of Security and Self-Dignity for Rohingya Adolescent Girls in Bangladeshi Camps 115
MAHMUDUR RAHMAN BHUIYAN
8 Healthcare-Seeking Behaviour for Reproductive Tract Infections among Rohingya Refugee Adolescent Girls 138
LUCY CHRISTINE NDERITU, SAHLIL AHMED, ABDUL AWAL, BACHERA AKTAR, AND A.S.G. FARUQUE
PART IV
Rohingya Voice, Media, and Representation 159
9 The Rohingya People’s Voice for Justice: An Inheritance and Influence of Oral Narratives 161
A.Q.M.A. RAHMAN BHUIYAN
10 A Closer Look: How Major English Language Newspapers Portrayed the Rohingya Crisis in India and China 178
HARISUR RHAMAN
11 Representation of Forcibly Displaced Rohingyas in Bangladeshi Newspapers 198
PALASH KAMRUZZAMAN, MOHAMMAD EHSAN KABIR, BULBUL SIDDIQI
PART V
Policy and Sustainable Solution 223
12 The Rohingya in Bangladesh: An Analysis of the Policy, Law, and Practice 225
SHIVANI DUTTA
13 Bangladesh-Myanmar Relations and Resolution of Rohingya Crisis: A Foreign Policy Perspective 237
SHAHIDUL HAQUE AND SUFIUR RAHMAN
Index
Biography
Sk Tawfique M Haque is a Professor of Public Policy and Governance and Chair of the Department of Political Science and Sociology of North South University (NSU), Dhaka, Bangladesh. He is also the Director of the South Asian Institute of Policy and Governance (SIPG) at NSU. He has published 6 books, 12 book chapters, and a good number of scientific research papers. His area of research interest covers geopolitics, migration and refugee crisis, local government, theories of governance, development management, and climate change.
Bulbul Siddiqi is an Associate Professor of Anthropology and Sociology at theDepartment of Political Science and Sociology, North South University, Bangladesh. He completed PhD in Anthropology of Religion at Cardiff University in 2014 researching the Tablighi Jamaat in the UK and Bangladesh. He published books and journals from reputed publishers at home and abroad. He is currently researching in several areas of the Rohingya Crisis, Madrasa Education and Social Changes, Violent Extremism Narratives, and Religious Pluralism and Tolerance.
Mahmudur Rahman Bhuiyan is an Assistant Professor of Political Science and Sociology at North South University, Bangladesh. His research primarily examines the nature and trends of welfare state development in developing nations and the issues of forced displacement and resettlement in developed and developing areas.
