Summary OCR A-Level Geography Rohingya Persecution & Migration Example
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Detailed summary of the persecution of the Rohingya people over time and their migration from Myanmar to Bangladesh, including key metrics and a timeline, as an example to use in longer-answer questions in OCR A-Level Geography exams
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Timeline of Rohingya Persecution: Why have they been persecuted?
June-October 2012: 2 waves of violence, reprisals + riots = >100,000 Muslim ethnic minority in a Buddhist majority
Rohingya are internally displaced + 100s killed Different language
Extremist Buddhist lobbying groups + military
Lack of action by Aung Sang Suu Kyi
October 2016: Rohingya militant attack on security post near
Bangladeshi border kills 9 police officers = month-long crackdown on
British empire forced in Bengalis (closer to Rohingya) to Buddhist Myanmar
unarmed Muslims where >1000 civilians died and 10,000s flee
General Facts:
Mostly in Rakhine State in Myanmar migrating over to Bangladesh and Thailand
Living in squalid conditions and have been subjected to extreme violence before,
August 2017: Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army attack military + police during and after migration
outposts, >70 people killed including 12 Burmese security forces Do not trust the government so refusing to return to holding camps in Myanmar
personnel, military response causes >700,000 Rohingyas to flee to that have been built on destroyed Rohingya villages
Bangladesh
Key Idea 2a Factor 4:
Persecution of
February 2021: Myanmar's military coup all protesting citizens are Rohingya Refugees
targeted = >600 deaths since protests began. The country's new leader, Example
General Hlaing has cast doubt over whether Rohingya living in
Bangladesh should be allowed to return
March 2021: catastrophic fire ravages Cox's Bazaar, the largest refugee
camp in the world and home to most of the escaped Rohingya, in which
dozens die and almost 10,000 shelters are destroyed
May 2021: 100s of Rohingya living on remote silt island of Basan Char
take part in protests that are met with police brutality + coincide with
visit from the UNHCR from mainland Bangladesh as the Bangladeshi
government has forcibly relocated >18,000 refugees there since 2019,
where no access to communications and no leaving permitted.
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