UNITED STATES INSTITUE OF PEACE Wednesday, September 25, 2024
By: Laetitia van den Assum
KEY TAKEAWAYS
- The situation of the Rohingya is deteriorating in the absence of credible dialogue.
- In Rakhine, forcible recruitment of Rohingya fighters has deepened societal rifts.
- An initiative is needed to address the Rohingya community as a whole, focusing on their immediate needs and future.
Since early 2024, fighting in northern Rakhine state has led to the worst attacks on the Rohingya population since 2017, when Myanmar’s military drove more than 750,000 across the border into Bangladesh. The new attacks are a stark reminder of the Rohingyas’ vulnerability. The world has known about their plight for decades, and in 2024, only 636,000 Rohingya — or 23 percent of the 2.8 million Rohingya around the world — still live in their homeland, Myanmar.
