It’s time for Bangladeshi policy-makers to acknowledge the reality that the average length of global refugee displacement is 10-21 years. Second: The Rohingya refugees remain limited in their freedom, movement, and civil rights due to lack of identity. For example, 78% of Uganda’s refugee population (numbering 1 million) need no government aid due to training and job creation initiatives. There is concern whether Bangladesh, encumbered with its own poverty challenges, has the capacity to absorb the Rohingya refugees. Samier Mansur is a global policy strategist who was recently on a humanitarian mission in the Rohingya refugee camps of Bangladesh.

Source: Dhaka Tribune February 01, 2018 20:37 UTC