EXAMINING THE PRESENT SITUATION OF ROHINGYA PEOPLE

ABSTRACT The Rohingya people of Myanmar are considered one of the most persecuted people on earth, whose ancestral home is Rakhine State, Myanmar. The Myanmar government has been persecuting them for years. In 1982, the government revoked their citizenship. Following the beginning of the current Rohingya crisis in 2017, Myanmar's security forces have engaged in crimes against humanity and genocide against them, as other people have documented. As a result, Myanmar is facing a genocide case in the International Court of Justice (ICJ), which has been filed by the Gambia. Later, in 2022, the US officially recognized Myanmar’s persecution of Rohingya as genocide. Now, a large number of Rohingya people who fled Myanmar are living in Bangladesh. Some are living in Myanmar. This study, based on secondary data, aims to examine the present situation of Rohingya people living in Bangladesh and Myanmar. The study shows that, till now, Rohingya people are facing different obstacles. Their lives are less protected. Keywords: Rohingya, Rohingya crisis, Bangladesh, Myanmar, present situation