Migrants and Refugees are not Pawns on the Chessboard of the Humanity- Stop Mass Killing.

Have you ever think about fleed due to violence in your country? Well! Rohingya Refugees suffering from this situation today. We all know Rohingya refugee crisis is one among the major refugee crises in the world today.

Who is Rohingya community?

According to UNITED NATION- The most neglected community in the world.

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Why we called them humans without any human right?

Because they have:

No Voter Rights
Randomly Raped and Killed
No Birth Certificate
No Education
Compulsory Labor.

It’s hard to believe!

There are estimated 40,000 Rohingya Muslim refugees living in makeshift camps in states like New Delhi, Jammu, Jaipur and Hyderabad.

A Rohingya Refugee said, "We all are born in Burma but Burmese government says we don’t belong from there. We grew up in Bangladesh. But Bangladesh government says, we can’t stay here."

Life of an Illegal Immigrant- ROHINGYA REFUGEES

It was a hot summer afternoon at the Rohingya refugee camp in Kalindi Kunj when our team visited there. I experienced first time what the situation on the ground is really look like. I had the opportunity to witness the selfless work done by Zakat Foundation, an NGO in New Delhi.

At Camps, I was just an observer. It’s hard to express what I saw there.

No One Leaves Home Unless Home is the Mouth of Shark.

When I entered there, glimpses of fear looks in the eyes of Rohingya’s. Abul Fayaz one of the camp’s resident told me- India wants to deport us back to Myanmar. Nobody wants to move there in such violence. We won’t leave the land granted by the NGO.

I talked with many Rohingya fellows in the camp- You might be shock there wasn’t one who couldn’t tell me that they hadn’t seen loved ones murdered before their eyes—neighbors, friends, family members had been blockaded into homes and burned alive.

Shaju witnessed the horror scene from the neighbor’s house in Rakhaiene and what crime actually happened there,while wiping tears told us-her husband and brother were killed by Burmese military and Buddhist mob.The Buddhist mobs came and kill the rest of the villagers by lining them up in rows and cut their throats, one by one. And then, whether or not the people had already died, they threw acid on those people bodies.

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Pathetic experience of Refugees

Rohingya refugees didn’t want to go back to Myanmar. Several women described the violence they had gone through. One woman showed me how she had been shot in the neck and another pointed to the extensive burn marks from acid on her face.

In the camps, they have food, shelter, other essential amenities, and most importantly peace. They are receiving goods and amenities that they have not seen before in their homes. This was also confirmed by NGO workers, who told me that the refugees have come from such hardship that, at times, they have to be told not to eat the soap that is given to them. Many have never seen daily toiletry items such as soap, toothpaste and other useful things.

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I am introduced to one of the eager, well-spoken young Rohingya boy- Hossain (Refugee entered through Bangladesh ) who volunteer with me. Hossain told me- Life inside the refugee camp in Kalindi Kunj is not bad. After what we had witnessed and constant in Rakhine, the city was obviously a better option. Somewhere deeply in heart Hossain knows the comfort of feeling safe in India will not survive last long.

I struggle to understand how such a large community managed to live here for a whole year. I can’t help but sometimes wonder: when will it end?

I observed the local population is starting to complain about rising costs and job shortages. With the potential for national elections this year or the next, public opinion matters for vote banks.

The plan to send back the refugees has been put on hold because of continued violence in Myanmar and an anti-Rohingya sentiment. This is not a crisis it can manage alone.

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Hossain tried explaining the reality of current harsh living conditions and trauma they have suffered. I couldn’t really focus on what they were saying. I was completely affected.

The Unbroken human spirit

As I writing this blog (a week after my camp visit), I am heartened by the endless human spirit and willingness to survive in the harsh and challenging circumstances I witnessed.

My initial disappointment in humanity is unusual strategies of vote banks created such kind of tragedies.

However, this crisis is far from over. The harsh reality is that there will have to be a political solution to this man-made crisis but Bangladesh government couldn’t want to take any step for immigrants.

What Prime Minister (Sheikh Hasina) of Bangladesh says?

Bangladesh is already over populated country we can’t be a part of his burden.

At last, I would like to say the Rohingya’s are Muslim refugees, they also are humans. They are entitled to all basic amenities listed under Article 21 of the Constitution — not just animal existence, but a right to a dignified life.”