Arabs began trading in the Myanmar region in the tenth and fourteenth centuries. They introduced Islam to Burma, settled there, and conducted numerous intermarriages because they saw Arakan, or the Rakhine state, as the hub for trade by land with Bangladesh and India and by water with Sri Lanka and Indonesia.
The majority of Myanmar’s populace resisted British imperialism throughout their rule, although a minority of Muslims in Rakhine State supported the British as they saw fit. since they assured them that they would grant them individual status and designate the Arakan region as a “Muslim National Area.” And around that point, a large number of Bangladeshis began migrating to work in the Arakan region.
The inhabitants of Rakhine State sought to join East Pakistan after independence, but their request was turned down. They lost their government positions and had their lands taken. Burma launched Operation Nagamin, also known as Dragon King, in 1977 in an effort to drive away foreigners. 20,000 people fled to Bangladesh, several homes were set on fire, and many were sexually assaulted.
The Burma Citizenship Act, passed in 1982, proclaimed the extermination of Rohingya Muslims from Burma.
The problem gets it peak:
Following an attack on 25 security installations by the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) that resulted in the deaths of numerous security personnel, the Burmese army launched a “Clearance operation.” 7 Lakh individuals left their country of origin as refugees or undocumented immigrants.
Economic Effect:
The labor market is severely impacted, particularly for daily workers and lower-class residents who grumble about losing their jobs to refugees who are willing to take lesser pay. The large number of refugees and illegal migrants has put strain on resources, including food, water, and a place to stay. This has led to increased demand on resources, leading to higher prices and Inflation. India must also avoid taking money out of the budget for refugees in order to provide their basic demands for healthcare, education, and other necessities.
Birth rate:
48,000 babies were born to Rohingya refugees in 2018 alone. They believe that “More hands will give more money,” and that once their boys reach a particular age, they are prepared to start earning a living for their family. At the end of the month, their family will have more money if they have more boy babies. But due to the population multiplication many children died because of malnutrition, improper medications, contaminated environment etc. other nations and international humanitarian agencies were to be granted some amount for children’s safety and protection.
Rohingyas have no regard for the citizens of the nation, the number of people living there, or the quantity of resources they will use or exploit. They have already begun to take full advantage of Bangladesh, and now they are illegally migrating to India to begin despoiling its natural resources and establishing a permanent home.
Environmental Destruction:
At the peak of violence each week some lakh of Rohingya women and children were crossing the Bangladesh and settled there and 1000’s of acres of National forests were cleared (3500 acres – official data from Govt side) and now Bangladesh is opening their borders to India and allowing refugees to enter into India and some Rohingya refugees entering illegally into India through porous regions used for smuggling and illegal trade. Already Ground water sources are quickly depleted and freshwater streams are contaminated by refugees in Bangladesh and borders of India and to the North East states.
And they started camping and forest areas and destroying the forest and cutting down trees for shelter and to prepare food. Air pollution has increased in their camping areas because of the smoke from the firewood burned by the refugees.
Social Tension:
According to official UNHCR estimates, there are only 16,000 Rohingyas living in India. However, there are thought to be 40,000 Rohingyas in India. Conflict and social impact arise when there are a lot of Rohingya migrants in the area, especially when there are a lot of them living in one place. In that town, they are causing inflation, scarcity, and competition for jobs, especially in low-skilled professions like carpentry, painting, electrical work, plumbing, and unskilled daily labor and assistance. Additionally, they are willing to work for far less money than local laborers. Thus, the migrants are gradually replacing the local workers in their positions.
Due to their inherent culture and customs, Rohingyas in India are likely to become Islamic extremists since they were formerly Muslims. According to a poll, rather than the Bangladesh-India border and the northeast area, the majority of Rohingya refugees have settled in the Muslim-dominated states of Jammu & Kashmir, Haryana, Rajasthan, Hyderabad and Delhi. Through the porous areas of India’s borders with Bangladesh, they are breaking into the country illegally and making their way slowly towards the areas where Muslims predominate in order to look for work and temporary housing. With the assistance of local brokers, they created a fake Aadhar card, Pan card, driver’s license, and other national certificates, making this possible. They spent excessive amounts of money to ensure the fake was flawless and they quickly began traveling towards the center of India.
The Rohingyas obtained five and a half acres of property in Delhi’s Madanpur Khadar. They choose the center of India because it is a region where they can readily find work and because they are steadily acquiring land and making their space and location easily accessible. Nowadays, they are paid extremely cheap rates for working in all categories of poor skilled labor, and business owners in urban areas have begun hiring them for these positions. They have been working around the nation for the last two years, and in their absence, owners and other contractors are currently waiting for their approval to begin work. It’s the kind of employment demand that they generated.
Islamic community members have already staged a protest to put social pressure on lawmakers to pass constitutional amendments that would simplify laws like the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), the National Register of Citizens (NRC), and the National Population Register (NPR). The Rohingya Muslims who have illegally settled throughout India will now receive more support.
Security Concerns:
India may have security risks as a result of the Rohingya refugees’ unlawful movement, as it could provide entry points for terrorists or criminal groups. Migrants frequently get picked out and exploited for illicit purposes, such as the smuggling or porous trade of weapons, ammunition, and synthetic and psychoactive narcotics from one country to another.
Many young Rohingya people are willing to engage in terrorism and smuggling, and many women have been kidnapped and used as prostitution (sex trafficking). The involvement of terrorism in the porous territory straddling Bangladesh-Myanmar’s border with India has been evident recently, particularly before the Kerala blast that followed the Hamas-Israel dispute.
Following the violence in Nuh, the Rohingya refugee camp in Haryana, the people living there claim that 2000 or so illegal Rohingyas set up camp in Nuh village, which is driving up demand for jobs and inflation. In ten Indian states, the NIA has conducted multi-location searches recently, resulting in the arrest of 44 people in four human trafficking cases and the busting of five human trafficking modules in five states.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA), in close cooperation with the Border Security Force (BSF) and State Police forces, undertook a thorough Operation stretching various states in India, dealing a severe blow to human trafficking networks operating across 10 States and UTS. as well as attempting to dismantle the networks responsible for smuggling illegal migrants into India over Bangladesh and Myanmar’s border.
