BFM Podcast

Rohingya - ‘Just Drop A Bomb on Us’

Tan KW
Publish date: Fri, 22 May 2015, 04:43 PM

Alicia de la Cour Venning, Queen Mary University of London

22-May-15 08:57

 

Thousands of Rohingya and Bangladeshi migrants have been adrift in the Andaman Sea for over a week, starving, dehydrated and in desperate condition. Unlike the Bangladeshis who are escaping poverty, the Rohingyas are fleeing persecution in what they regard their home, the Western Myanmar state of Rakhine. Today, we explore the conditions that have led Rohingyas to risk their lives in search of a better future.

This is a report by Sharyl Kaur and Sherilyn Goh.

Discussions
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cumcumshot

They should be sent to Gambia, who has welcomed the Rohingya. If not, the Bangladesh should take back their people.

2015-05-22 18:38

jolie2

i think australia doing the right thing by not supporting this. Short-term pain, long-term gain for the rohingya
That why white men always use their brain more rather than the asian that are too sentiment and emotional...

2015-05-22 20:21

jolie2

white people use brain, asian use heart to think. That's why asian always slow.

2015-05-22 20:28

gkheng

actually those who welcome them should take these migrants to stay with them, then problem settles. dunno why's the hassle all about

2015-05-22 23:31

legend

“it is better to let people think you are stupid than to open your mouth and proove you are stupid”...If you don’t know what you are talking about, at least act like you do..!

2015-05-22 23:48

cumcumshot

Well, it's difficult to find a country to accept them. Gambia is so nice & helpful in accepting them. I think Msia & Indonesia should immediately proceed to process the handover. After all, these are illegal economy refugees, so long a place is willing to accept them, they should find it a paradise. Be fair to everyone, we have helped them in allowing them to land, but we cannot comply to their request on where they want to go.

2015-05-23 15:36

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