Royhinga Case Study

• Push Factors:

  • Drought/Famine
  • War
  • High unemployment and poor wages
  • Natural disasters
• Pull Factors:

  • Good job opportunities and higher wages
  • Peace and freedom from persecution
  • Better services, like health and education
  • Family connections
• Human Barriers to Migration:

  • No Visas: visas are used by governments to monitor the number of people entering the country. Failure to secure a visa prevents travel.
  • No Passport: passports are official documents which allow people to cross international borders. Without one, travel is restricted.
  • Walls and border police: Some governments construct physical barriers to prevent people from accessing the country.
  • Not enough Money: Travel is expensive. Countries like Canada also require that people have a significant amount of money in the bank before they enter.
• Physical Barriers to Migration:

  • Seas: Some migrants have to cross large seas in order to reach their destination.
  • Mountains: an obvious topographical feature which must be overcome in order to enter the destination.
  • Rivers: Migrants attempt to enter the USA from Mexico by crossing the Rio Grande. Thousands have lost their lives doing so.
• 1.1 Million Royhinga refugees -> have fled Myanmar -> And are living in bangladesh.
• Challenges faced by the Rohingya Refugees:

  Refugee camps:

  • 30 overcrowded camps in Cox's Bazer
  • 95% consume contaminated water
  • 25% of children malnourished
  • Sex Traffickers, drug dealers and people smugglers
  • 77% of women feel unsafe
• Challenges faced by the Rohingya Refugees II:

  Hostility from Bangladeshis:

  Refugees have pushed up prices of rice and vegetables and Rohingya offer cheaper labour. Xenophobia and attacks are on the rise.

  Fear of being forced to Return:The Rohingya are a stateless people and therefore have no official documentation. They fear they will be made to return to Myanmar.
• Challenges faced by Bangladesh:

  GDP is $1750 per capita . it is unable to care for so many Rohingya.

  Cost of living has increased as money and aid personal have moved into area. This has pushed prices of essentials like firewood and rice up.
• Challenges faced by Bangladesh:

  Wages have decreased 60% due to Rohingya working for cheaper.

  Tourism of the world's largest 120km beach at Cox's Bazar has decreased by 1 million in 2018.

  Enviornmental: 6000 acres of forest worth $90 million have been cut down.