Summary: A major issue in recent years that Myanmar has been dealing with is the genocidal acts by the Myanmar government in the region of Rakhine. The Rohingya Muslims of Myanmar who live in this region has been under attack and have fled over the Bangladesh border by the masses. Now, after the governments have both been in communication, the Rohingya are refusing to return to Myanmar. Even with promise of repatriation by the Myanmar government, the Rohingya will not return until they are guaranteed rights. Multiple representatives from the Bangladesh refugee relief office have interviewed over 200 families, almost all of which wanted to stay in Bangladesh. There is widespread fear amongst the Rohingya that they will face the same issues they faced before they left.
This was not very surprising to me, due to how long this issue has gone on and the lack of government response to fix the crisis. In the article, many of the interviewed families still referred to the government as the Burma government. That says to me that the Rohingya people don’t see much of a change in the government at all. The many promises that were made when the government began to transition to a democratic system in 2008, but many, including the Rohingya, do not feel there has been much change at all. It does seem, however, that the Rohingya have not tried very much to negotiate what those rights are. After reading other articles, it appears that they are just demanding rights with no real open line of communication other than through the Bangladesh government.