Rohingya Refugees in Malaysia

The Rohingya fled to many countries in Southeast Asia and other parts of the world. One of the Southeast Asian countries the Rohingya went to was Malaysia. In September 2017, Zulkifli Abu Bakar, the director-general of the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency, stated that the Rohingya would accepted into Malaysia and would gain temporary By the end of April 2019, 170,460 refugees registered with the UNHCR in Malaysia. About 147,590 are from Myanmar; however many ethnicities entered Malaysia too. For example, many Pakistanis and Syrians sought refuge in this country.

However, many refugees in Malaysia are still very limited in their opportunities as they have no legal rights and they don’t have any access to many places of work and free education. Additionally, any refugees who are living in this country are illegal, since obtaining refugee status is a lengthy process. After all, in 2015, the Malaysian Deputy Home Minister stated that illegal refugees wouldn’t be allowed in Malaysia. Despite this, Malaysia is still working on improving the living conditions for refugees by focusing on healthcare and increasing the budget for education in order to teach students higher than elementary school standards.

Sources: https://www.unhcr.org/en-us/figures-at-a-glance-in-malaysia.html

https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/24/asia/malaysia-rohingya-refugee-school-intl/index.html

Rohingya Seeking Refuge

Throughout this blog, I posted about the history of persecution the Rohingya faced. However, the places where the Rohingya are seeking refuge in is also important. Bangladesh has the highest amount of refugees, compared to many other countries I mentioned. They had to endure various trials in order to get to these countries, such as traveling on water, by boat, and having to handle the hunger, diseases, and death they will face along the journey. Not to mention the amount of human trafficking cases that occurred when refugees tried to enter countries such as, Thailand and Malaysia. Many traffickers killed refugees while they on sea or on shore.

Sources: https://www.mercycorps.org/articles/bangladesh/rohingya-refugee-crisis-quick-facts#violence-rohingya

https://www.fortifyrights.org/publication-20180402.html

Recognizing the Rohingya Crisis

I hope that you would to take a few minutes of your time, by watching this presentation about Rohingya refugee history. This presentation highlights their history starting since the British colonization of Myanmar to present day.

https://youtu.be/Sjbz4k97Fqw

As I have been doing this blog and updating my social media posts, I have noticed that some people are actually interested in this crisis and want others to be aware of this issue. For example, on my social media account, several people had been liking several of my posts that are focused on this crisis. In addition, my petition had been getting some signatures, in order for news stations to put more emphasis on this ongoing issue with the Rohingya.

When I created this presentation, my research mainly focused on Myanmar and Rohingya’s history through the use of scholarly sources. For example, I used Academic Search Premier, National Geographic, and various other websites in order to get information on the Rohingya’s history. After I collected all of my information, I structured my presentation by putting each event in chronological order. For this project, I used PowerPoint, made voice overs, and bullet points to share this information.

While doing this project, I learned more about Myanmar’s history during the British colonial era. I also learned more about the living conditions of Rohingya refugee camps. As more Rohingya refugees flee Myanmar, get terrorized, or killed, it becomes increasingly important to raise awareness about this issue. This way, with more people educated about the Rohingya and willing to help this group, a better life for these refugees will happen.

Multimedia Presentation

Hi! This might be the last post I’ll make centered around this presentation. Right now, I created a majority of the slides that I will be using for this project, along with customizing the animations and transitions used in these slides. I just need to finish up my remaining slides and record my audio, so I can officially finish this project. I hope that through this presentation people can learn about what happened to Rohingya and what role Myanmar’s government and history had in shaping the persecution this ethnic group faces. If you also have any ideas on some new topics I can put for my presentation or about the Rohingya, please write them down in the comments below.

Welcome to my Blog!

Hello! My name is Vera and I go to BSGE. I am creating a blog that is about the Rohingya refugees. I am creating this campaign because I realized that not a lot of people are aware of the Rohingya genocide. Many people don’t even know who the Rohingya are. My goal for this blog is to inform people about the current situation in Myanmar and the history of the persecution of the Rohingya. Additionally, I am planning to raise $1000 for a charity that will improve the life of Rohingya refugees.