The country of Myanmar has been plastered all over the news in the United States and the entire world recently, with the southeast Asian country being unique among its neighbors having large 1500-kilometer border with the region of south Asia. Which is quite distinct indeed from the peoples and cultures of east and Southeast Asian. However no borders are impermeable and interactions and migrations have occurred through this porous border of mountains and valleys on both sides with there being many groups of east and southeast Asian descent in the north east region of south Asia and parts of regions such as Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh and the seven sister states of India. And seeing how Myanmar is the only southeast Asian country with a land border with any south Asian country and its most likely the country with the most recent and pervasive south Asian influence in all of southeast Asia, the Rohingya people are one of the results of their proximity to the south Asian region and have been highlighted as an example …show more content…
The refugees are blaming the Myanmar military, while the Burmese military declared the Rohingya are burning their own homes. One of the only few people that was allowed into Rakhine was the BBC's Jonathan Head, but under strict government surveillance. While on the tour of the region's villages, he was provide with photos showing Rohingya reportedly burning their home, later on he discovered that the photos he was given were fake (BBC, 2017). It is estimated about 40,000 Rohingya refugees that are in India and 16,000 of them that have acquired official refugee documentation. Most of the Rohingya running away from Myanmar have not made into Bangladesh. Destructive floods in India and Bangladesh over this past summer have made the conditions worse in refugee camps and conducted to a cholera outbreak (which is a disease that is infectious and is developed from infected waters), water shortages, and
towel and have the handler give it a command to “find it” or “search”. Both handlers will follow the dog until a Burmese Python is found, and then the second handler will remove it. Expected Outcomes I expect the trained tracking dogs to find an average of one Burmese Python every two hours.
Muslims in Sri Lanka and Myanmar are being attacked by Buddhist mobs. Buddhists are typically really peaceful people but even they will go to extreme efforts in order to “defend their religion”. The once peaceful Buddhist are now spreading messages of hate, saying that Muslims do not belong and that they should leave. Some of the Buddhists in Myanmar believe that Muslims are trying to take over Buddhists land and are feeling threatened. This feeling however is unjustified since less than 5% of the population in Myanmar is Muslim.
Displaced residents were desperate for help and in much need of food, water and basic essentials. Rescue efforts suffered
(AGG) Refugee have been fleeing their homes in hope of safety, just like Najmah and the people in her villages leaving their homes in a time of danger. (BS-1) In the book Under the Persimmon tree when Najmah left her home for Peshawar to find her family she became a refugee when she left her home . (BS-2) Similarly, the difficulties refugees encounter on their journeys are similar to the ones Najmah experiences as a refugee. (BS-3)
Sanitation conditions have improved but there are still places where they have not improved. Third-world countries lack food, clean water, and shelter. Scarcity has been a problem for a long time. Natural resources are diminishing. Many people are going hungry and dying because they don’t have enough food and can’t afford shelter.
Many civilians, whose homes were destroyed, are displaced and wander looking for water and food. They try to build their own temporary homes, and find new camps, or either flee to Chad (a neighboring
”(South Sudanese refugees are flowing into Uganda at an unprecedented rate.) Of course, there are the people that would argue and say that they are letting refugees in. However they are turning away many more than they are welcoming in. Yet another reason to testify how people today do not bother to look around them and are instead wrapped up in what is going on in
Millions of refugees are forced to flee their homes every year. They leave everything behind. Have you heard of the escapees on the news before? These are people who are forced to flee their homes for many reasons. Mostly, it is due to war or natural disasters.
The estimated number of refugees leaving their own country since World War II is one hundred million ("Refugee”). A refugee is a person who has left their country because of fear of their safety due to violence, race, religion, or war. Supporting and solving today’s refugee crisis is especially controversial because of the current events, financing, and security issues. ("Refugee Facts”). Climate change and natural disasters sometimes cause people to leave their homes or countries.
ntroduction and Overview What is genocide? The dictionary definition of genocide, as google states, is, “the deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular nation or ethnic group.” in 1944, the UN of Human Rights declared the term “genocide”. This term of word relates violent crimes that has been caused by different ethnic groups deliberately killing each other.
These diseases along with malnutrition, lack of health care and lack of clean water have caused numerous deaths. Unstable rain patterns have caused some parts of Haiti to experience flash flooding, while other parts experience major drought which has been starving millions for
The Refugees journey is often unsafe and dangerous compared to Immigrants whose journey is much more relaxed and luxurious. Immigrants and Refugees share many things in common but the life of the Refugees is much harder.
Ha and other refugees flee because of war. “The number one reason is war”. Another reason people flee is natural disasters are destroying their homes. Ha left because of the Vietnamese War. The fighting was growing too close to Ha’s home.
6. Therefore, the exodus of Rohingyas generated these security dimensions in Bangladesh either by creating new security threats or by aggravating existing ones causing strained bilateral relations between Bangladesh and Myanmar (Jacobsen and Wilkenson,
A refugee is a person who has been forced to leave their home country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster. There are many different types of refugees, these include refugees who are escaping war, social discrimination, racial discrimination, religious persecution, those who are seeking aid after a natural disaster, political unrest, and those who fear for their lives and the lives of their family. These people are given refugee status and are placed in designated refugee camps across the country where they are supposed to be cared for and educated, but this is not happening. Many of the countries only provide shelter for the refugees but do not provide the rest of the basic needs. There are many factors that contribute to a person becoming a refugee these include war, famine, racial prejudice, religion, harassment or torture due to political views, nationality, and natural disaster.