Displaced Rohingyas : A Tale of a Vulnerable Community

This volume offers a comprehensive overview of the Rohingya refugee crisis in Bangladesh. It analyses the socio-cultural and humanitarian challenges of the crisis, along with the discourses that have developed on this issue via the local and international media and literature. The volume also suggests ways to build sustainable solutions for the Rohingya refugees.

It discusses wide-ranging issues including a historical overview of the Rohingyas; the Rakhine State of Myanmar and the issue of religious toleration; the struggle for existence in Malaysia and Thailand; vulnerable Rohingya in Bangladesh; and stratified lives in Bangladeshi camps. It also sheds light on social insecurity among Rohingya adolescent girls; understanding gender-based violence in camps; the portrayal of the crisis in Chinese and Indian newspapers; and Bangladesh’s policy in addressing the Rohingya crisis and repatriation.

This book will be useful for scholars and researchers of sociology, social anthropology, refugee studies, peace and conflict studies, international relations, human rights, political studies, gender studies, and South Asian studies.

Sk Tawfique M Haque is a Professor of Public Policy and Governance and Chair of the Department of Political Science and Sociology of North South University (NSU), Dhaka, Bangladesh. He is also the Director of the South Asian Institute of Policy and Governance (SIPG) at NSU. He has published 6 books, 12 book chapters, and a good number of scientific research papers. His area of research interest covers geopolitics, migration and refugee crisis, local government, theories of governance, development management, and climate change.

Bulbul Siddiqi is an Associate Professor of Anthropology and Sociology at theDepartment of Political Science and Sociology, North South University, Bangladesh. He completed PhD in Anthropology of Religion at Cardiff University in 2014 researching the Tablighi Jamaat in the UK and Bangladesh. He published books and journals from reputed publishers at home and abroad. He is currently researching in several areas of the Rohingya Crisis, Madrasa Education and Social Changes, Violent Extremism Narratives, and Religious Pluralism and Tolerance.

Mahmudur Rahman Bhuiyan is an Assistant Professor of Political Science and Sociology at North South University, Bangladesh. His research primarily examines the nature and trends of welfare state development in developing nations and the issues of forced displacement and resettlement in developed and developing areas.