ASYLUM SEEKER AND REFUGEE PROBLEM: THE CASE OF ARAKAN MUSLIMS

Abstract

In today's forced migration process, in our world where asylum seekers, refugees and internally displaced people exceed 70 million, many different problems have arisen and are still waiting to be solved. In a specific context, in this article, the problems experienced by Arakan Muslims (Rohingya) both in Myanmar and in the refugee camps in Bangladesh will be discussed, and an attempt to offer some solutions to these problems will be made. In order to understand the reason of the crimes of ethnic cleansing and genocide, it will be logical to analyse the history of Arakan geography, the occupations since the 18th century and the rights violations this society has been subjected to. In addition, in order to prevent conceptual discussions, the concepts of ‘asylum seeker’ and ‘refugee’ will be explained in connection with Arakan Muslims, and the difficulties experienced in the Kutupalong (Cox's Bazar) Refugee Camp, which is one of the largest refugee camps in the world, in Bangladesh, the efforts of aid organizations and the urgent measures that need to be taken will be mentioned. The problems related to health, shelter and human trafficking experienced by Arakan Muslims in the refugee camps, who are according to the statement of the United Nations ‘the ethnic group that suffers the most oppression and violence in the world’, will also be addressed and analysed.