Estudillo, Mary Grace M.

BSED-SS 2ND YEAR

TTH 02:00-03:30pm Sir Kevin Bonotan

Rohingya Refugee
A “Refugee” is a displaced person, somebody who has been compelled to
escape their nation due to oppression, war or brutality. This was the case of 830,000
Rohingya evacuees shielding in Bangladesh, having gotten away brutality and
oppression in Myanmar. This incorporates in excess of 618,000 individuals, most by far
ladies and children, who have fled since violence emitted on 25 August. The energy and
size of entries make this the world's quickest developing exile crisis. The approaching
outcasts are housed or have looked for a haven in Cox's Bazar and its Upazilas, where
broad weight is being set on assets.
The Rohingya people groups are supporters of Sufi variation of Sunni Muslims
and are altogether unique in relation to the Rakhine Buddhists who structure the greater
part in the Rakhine State, religiously as well as linguistically and culturally. were peeled
off their citizenship rights by the 1982 Citizenship Law, avoided from the recorded 135
ethnic individuals in Myanmar and consistently (domestically)segregated as the Bengali
migrant because of their similarities in religion, color, and culture with Bangladesh.
Apart from civil and political rights there are several other restrictions on them which
include free movement, marriage, education and other basic human rights.
What I had learned after reading articles and watching documentaries about the
Rohingya refugees is that what they experienced now is a humanitarian crisis. The
Universal Declaration of Human Rights Article 2 stated that “Everyone is entitled to all
the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such
as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social
origin, property, birth or other status. Furthermore, no distinction shall be made on the
basis of the political, jurisdictional or international status of the country or territory to
which a person belongs, whether it be independent, trust, non-self-governing or under
any other limitation of sovereignty.” The stated are not exercise by the Ronghiya
refugees because of their Muslim faith were one of the chief reasons they were
targeted, citing the destruction of mosques, the public beatings of imams in the streets,
the violence to women and children and explicit statements by the perpetrators who
drove the Rohingya from their homes. And as what I had read the Burmese military and
others are responsible and accountable for these horrific acts.
But in such immense difficulty the Rohingya People stood firm. They remained
resilient. They have showed courage and determination to fight for their rights and to
find justice. It gained my sympathy and their situations deeply moved my emotions.
They don’t deserve that kind of living. As what Mother Teresa said “Human rights are
not privilege conferred by the Government. They are every human beings entitlement by
virtue of his humanity.” And we as human don’t have the rights to take another person’s
right.
 I assume that their situation will get worse there will be serious epidemics, much
human suffering, and severe psychological damage to the Rohingya children. More
rights will be violated but what they need to do is to stand for what they believe, to stand
on their principles. And it made me to think that I am so lucky to exercise my rights.
My expectation is that with supported worldwide pressure, the perpetrators of the
violence will be considered responsible quickly and that the refugees can return in a
way that is voluntary, sheltered, noble, and sustainable.