Daily Star
C R Abrar, Rezaur Rahman Lenin
Wed Jul 5, 2023
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Rohingya children stand in a queue at a registration camp in Cox’s Bazar. FILE PHOTO: REUTERS The resolution of the
Rohingya crisis appears to have met a dead end. Quite predictably, yet
another round of questionable repatriation efforts has stalled. With
dwindling financial commitment, agencies tasked to look after the
refugees are finding it extremely difficult to make ends meet. Squalid
living conditions in camps compounded by restrictions on freedom of
movement, reduced supply of rations, deteriorating law and order
situation coupled with absence of education, skills development and work
opportunities, and protracted uncertainty of repatriation have taken a
huge toll on the refugees, both physically and psychologically. While
some have resigned to such a reality, others, particularly the young
ones, are looking for opportunities to escape the fenced camp life and
Bhasan Char. Data from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
(UNHCR) shows that in 2022 alone, more than 3,500 Rohingya tried to
undertake perilous journeys through the Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea.
This is a 360 percent increase from the previous year.
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