Safen Roy

The Rohingya Genocide Day on August 25 serves as a poignant reminder of their journey and the adversities they've faced, including the tragic death of figures like Mohib Ullah and calamities such as fires and the move to Bhasan Char. Each year intensifies the global responsibility to act. With the world watching, the pivotal question remains: Could integration within Bangladesh be the answer the Rohingya have been waiting for?

The Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh have been witnessing a frightening surge of fires, with each one leaving another scar on the community. These recurring tragedies have not only caused substantial damage to the makeshift shelters but have also impacted the lives of hundreds, if not thousands, of Rohingya refugees. One such incident occurred on 24 April 2023 at the Chakmarkul Rohingya Camp in Teknaf of Cox's Bazar, leaving 239 people grappling with its aftermath (Relief Web).

The 2017 Rohingya influx into Bangladesh has been seen as one of the world's most disastrous humanitarian crises, but influxes into Bangladesh have been there since the seventies when the country was formed. The refugees had three significant mass migrations, or even we can say they were forcibly pushed out in an exodus. The first mass influx of Rohingya refugees into Bangladesh was in 1978, then in the early nineties and then the major exodus in 2017. Almost 720,000 came to Bangladesh in 2017.