Exploring Rohingya Refugees’ Experiences in Myanmar: Interviews at the Nayapara Refugee Camp in Bangladesh <Article>

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  • ロヒンギャ難民のミャンマーにおける経験 : バングラデシュナヤパラキャンプにおけるインタビューをもとに <論説>
  • ロヒンギャ難民のミャンマーにおける経験 : バングラデシュナヤパラキャンプにおけるインタビューをもとに
  • ロヒンギャ ナンミン ノ ミャンマー ニ オケル ケイケン : バングラデシュナヤパラキャンプ ニ オケル インタビュー オ モト ニ

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This study explores the socioeconomic backgrounds and intercommunal relationships of Rohingya refugees in Myanmar, which have been insufficiently surveyed or documented. Interviews were conducted with members of 47 Rohingya refugee households in Bangladesh. Nearly all the Rohingya refugees had little or no education. Conversely, several wealthy interviewees were also included. While they suffered from constant daily persecution, the relationships between the Rohingya people, Hindus, and Rakhine Buddhists remained relatively amicable in some villages. However, such intercommunal relationships have deteriorated since the October 2016 attack on security authorities by the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army, which led to an increase in more severe persecution and restrictions against the Rohingya people. They were indiscriminately assaulted in a crackdown led by the Burmese Army, with the involvement of some Rakhine Buddhists in August 2017. These incidents are likely to have resulted in intensified religious conflict between the Rohingya people and Buddhists. However, I argue that emphasizing religious conflict and economic factors in the approach to the issue faced by Rohingya is problematic, based on the aforementioned experiences of Rohingya refugees in Myanmar.

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