Adverse Economic Impact by Rohingya Refugees on Bangladesh: Some Way Forwards


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Authors

  • Syed Magfur Ahmad Post-graduate researcher, Istanbul University, Institute of social science, Department of Islamic Economics and Finance, Istanbul, Turkey.
  • Nasruzzaman Naeem Post-graduate student at International Finance, Finance Institute, Istanbul Ticaret University, Istanbul, Turkey.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46291/IJOSPERvol7iss1pp1-14

Keywords:

Economic Crisis, Rohingya Refugees, Critical Economic Issues and Challenges, Regional Politics, Bangladesh.

Abstract

This paper aims to analyse the adverse effects of the Rohingya influx on the economy of Bangladesh in recent years. Since the independence of Bangladesh, it has been gone through many ups and downs in the country's economic movement. The per capita income of the country has exceeded about two thousand US dollars. All the development indicators are upward in GDP. Rohingya people in Rakhine state, Myanmar have been facing decades of planned discrimination, statelessness, and targeted violence. For many years this kind of torture over the innocent Rohingya women, girls, boys and men has forced them to the influx to Bangladesh. The rapid spread of the Rohingya crisis also has been surprising for last three years to the Bangladesh government. From social to economic, economic to politics Rohingya refugees have impacts into the country. This research paper follows the empirical and narrative oriented research design in relation to find out the negative economic impact of the Rohingya influx to Bangladesh. One of the principal aims of the findings of this paper is to draw the attention of the policymakers and other concerns about the deleterious effects of the influx both in the future and present conditions. First and foremost, the negative impact of the Rohingya influx to Bangladesh on the economy is the increased cost of living and regional employment crisis. Moreover, a huge fall of the daily wage amount can be noticed. Furthermore, the country is facing a noticeable loss in the tourism sector and government expenditure on the health and security sector has risen since 2017. Hence, the government of Bangladesh should take necessary steps for the effective repatriation process without any delay to mitigate the financial cost burden.

 

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2020-04-04

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Syed Magfur Ahmad, & Nasruzzaman Naeem. (2020). Adverse Economic Impact by Rohingya Refugees on Bangladesh: Some Way Forwards. International Journal of Social, Political and Economic Research, 7(1), 1–14. https://doi.org/10.46291/IJOSPERvol7iss1pp1-14

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