Title: Forced Migration and Rohingya refugees in SA:
Prospects for long term solution
Mobassherul Alam
Abstract:
The paper presents an overview of some of the concerns and issues related to the study of forced migration, reviews data sources available for the study of Partition migration and mortality, and examine some of the methods of analysis available for estimating the components of change during the Partition period. The discussion will be focused on South Asian partition like India-Pakistan partition in 1947, Bangladesh-Pakistan partition in 1971 and over all partition perspective of Bangla-Arakan border in the view of Forced migration. There will be incorporated border situation of BD- India but mostly of BD-Myanmar. This section explores some patterns of post-Partition migration to East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). In line with these, the target of the findings will be automatically moved to the issue of the Rohingya refugees in SA where Recognition, Repatriation, Rehabilitation and Resettlement will be discussed. As part of internationally recognized obligations to protect refugees on their territories, countries of asylum are responsible for determining whether an asylum-seeker is a refugee or not. The chapter presents some of the main issues related to asylum questions depends on an individual basis, and includes an outline of relevant issues. At the same time, it will be included information on mass influxes of refugees or on people who were granted refugee status on a group or prima facie basis. Finally, we shall move to the present Rohingya crisis in the southern part of Bangladesh and its prospects for durable solution. In this section we shall be able to find some field based practical experience why this problem are continuing for long term and how the problem could be solved, what the refugees they themselves are thinking.
Content:
• Introduction.
• Partition in SA:
• India Pakistan partition 1947,
• BD- Pakistan partition 1971,
• History behind Bangla-Arakan partition.
• Border issues between BD-Myanmar.
• Determining Rohingya refugee crisis in SA.
• Forced Migration & Rohingya refugee.
• Recognition, Repatriation, Rehabilitation and Resettlement.
• Rohingya People in Bangladesh.
• Crisis and prospects for durable solution.
• Conclusion.
