Yi-Chun Huang May, 2015

Migrant Crisis

Who are

they?

Why do

they emigrate?

Where are they moving to?

Why is it a problem?

How to

solve the

problem?

• Indo-Aryan

• Practice Sunni Islam

• 76%Burmese are Buddhists

• Settled in Rakhine since the 16th century

The Rohingya

Poor BengaliPersecuted Rohingya

More than 120000 people

have fled in the past

3 years

Migrant Exodus

• Rakhine• Bangladesh

Origin

Thai crackdown on people smuggling

6000 Migrants are abandoned at sea and on land

Drew attention internationally

A meeting held in Bangkok• Step1: Protect the Migrant currently

stranded at sea

•Step3: Address the root causes behind irregular migration

•Step2: Protect and stop human trafficking and people smuggling

MYANMAR VS. THE WORLD

Rohingya are

classified as Bengalis rather than an ethnic minority

Blame Myanmar

for religious and political discriminati

on

Aung San Suu

Kyi doesn`t endorse Rohingy

a

Dalai Lama

supports

minority Muslims

Thailand

refuses to give a hand

Reinforce coastguar

dCarry

out stiffer 

penalties for

human smugglin

g syndicate

s

Set up a upstream

and downstre

am human

smuggling

database

Step2:Protect and stop human

trafficking and people smuggling

Cope with the

Rohingya issue

Cut the

demand

Eliminate the

smuggling marke

t

Step3:Address the root causes

behind irregular migration

Raise awareness on this issue worldwide

Rational conversation between the Myanmar government and the Rohingya

Step3:Address the root causes

behind irregular migration

Possibilities

Grant special regulation for

the Rohingy

a Introduc

e Progress

ive Legalizat

ion

Set an autonomous region

Create a new rule of law in Rakhin

e

Step3:Address the root causes

behind irregular migration

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