A forced migration from Myanmar to Bangladesh and beyond: humanitarian response to Rohingya refugee crisis

The Health Status of Rohingya Refugees, a Systematics Review

Background and Aims: The crisis of Rohingya Muslim refugees has become one of the challenging issues of the last decade. The organized massacre of Rohingya people in Myanmar has forced them to relocate to Bangladesh, creating the worldchr('39')s largest refugee camp. The purpose of this study is to assess the health status of these refugees. Methods: The present study was conducted using a syst...

Ethnic cleansing in Myanmar: the Rohingya crisis and human rights.

A humanitarian crisis of enormous scale and scope is unfolding in western Myanmar’s Rakhine State and its border zone with Bangladesh. More than 420 000 Rohingya women, children, and men have fled widespread violence in Rakhine State in the past 3 weeks. Some 240 000 of them are children, according to UNICEF. The Bangladesh–Myanmar border already shelters about 400 000 Rohingya refugees from My...

Trump’s Zero-tolerance Policy: Would a Political Response to a Humanitarian Crisis Work?

From forced migration to forced arrival: the campization of refugee accommodation in European cities

In the aftermath of large refugee arrivals in 2015, EU regulations and national asylum laws were tightened, especially those regarding reception and accommodation. The current contribution introduces the concept of "campization" to explain the impact of law and policy changes on the socio-spatial configuration and functions of refugee accommodation in European capital regions. Based on qualitat...

Trapped in Statelessness: Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh

The Rohingya people are one of the most ill-treated and persecuted refugee groups in the world, having lived in a realm of statelessness for over six generations, and who are still doing so. In recent years, more than 500,000 Rohingyas fled from Myanmar (Burma) to neighboring countries. This article addresses the Rohingya refugee crisis in Bangladesh, with special emphasis on the living conditi...