DHARMASHASTRA NATIONAL LAW UNIVERCITY, JABALPUR

2018-19

RESEARCH WORK IN SOCIOLOGY

TOPIC- Questionnaire on Rohingya Crisis
YEAR- 2nd
SEMESTER- 3rd

SUBMITTED BY: SUBMITTED TO:

Sanidhya Kshirsagar Ms. Varsha Gumashta
ENROLLMENT NO- BAL/089/18 Assistant Prof. for Sociology

Ms. Shruti Nandwana

Assistant Prof. for Law
 Acknowledgement
The success and the final outcome of this project required a lot of guidance and
assistance from many people and I am extremely privileged to have got this all
along the completion of my project. All that I have done is only due to the
supervision and assistance and I would not forget to thank them.

I respect and thank Mrs Shruti Nandwana Mam for providing me an opportunity
to do this project work and giving us all the support and guidance which made me
complete the work duly .I am extremely thankful to Ms. Varsha Gumashta for
providing such a nice support and guidance although she had been very busy.

I am also thankful to all my friends who helped me out and other teaching staff
which helped me in successfully completing our project work. Also, I would like to
extend our sincere esteems to all staff for their timely support.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgement ........................................................................................................................................ 2
1.1 TITLE .................................................................................................................................................... 4
1.2 SCOPE OF STUDY ............................................................................................................................... 4
1.3 RESEARCH QUESTIONS.................................................................................................................... 4
1.4 RESEARCH OBJECTIVES .................................................................................................................. 4
1.5 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY ............................................................................................................ 4
Nature........................................................................................................................................................ 4
Method of data collection ......................................................................................................................... 4
Hypothesis .................................................................................................................................................... 5
Chapter 2 ....................................................................................................................................................... 5
INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................................................................... 5
WORSENING CONDITION ........................................................................................................................... 5
Chapter 3 ....................................................................................................................................................... 6
Questionnaire ............................................................................................................................................ 6
Chapter 4 ..................................................................................................................................................... 12
SOCIO-LEGAL SOLUTIONS,SUGGESTIONS ................................................................................................ 12

Conclusion:- ............................................................................................................................................ 14
Bibliography:- ............................................................................................................................................. 14
1.1 TITLE
A w a r en e s s o n R o h i n g ya C r i s i s

1.2 SCOPE OF STUDY

This study is conducted in at DNLU.

1.3 RESEARCH QUESTIONS

Research questions of Sociology project are:-

Q1) T o f i n d o u t a b o u t t h e a w a r e n e s s a m o n g s t t h e s t u d e n t s ?

Q2) To find whether they know about the legal happening of a large no. of
people of a group involved together.

1.4 RESEARCH OBJECTIVES

The obj ecti v e o f thi s res e arch is to find ou t ab out t h e r efu gee m en t alit y o f
peopl e an d thei r thin king a nd what th e y t hink ab ou t it .

1.5 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

Nature
The nature of this research is sociological as it is conducted to study and
analyze behavioral patterns pert ain ing i n t he s oci et y a nd t he ps ychol ogy
and response of the people in the subject of elections

Method of data collection

This study is conducted using Primary method. Hence the study is
conducted using the primary survey and interviewed 20 students at DNLU
a f o r e m e n t i o n e d i n t h e S c o p e o f t h e s t u d y. S a m p l i n g T e c h n i q u e

T h e t yp e o f t e c h n i q u e u s e d i n t h i s s t u d y i s R a n d o m S a m p l i n g - N o n
Probability one. The students were selected at random were hander out the
sheet containing the questionnaire and were asked to fill out the options
of their choice for the aforementioned question.

Hypothesis
M os t of t he peo pl e are co mplet el y u naware ab out t he R ohi ngya C ri si s
f u l l y.

Chapter 2
INTRODUCTION
W h o a r e R o h i n g ya s w h a t i s R o h i n g y a C r i s i s ?

T h e R o h i n g ya c r i s i s i s t h e o n g o i n g g e n o c i d e f r o m 2 0 1 7 - a n d p r e s e n t
att rib ut ed t owa rds t he Arakanes e Buddhi st mi l iti as and M yanm ar arm y
b o t h c o m m i t t i n g C r i m e s a g a i n s t h u m a n i t y.

T h e R o h i n g ya s a r e e t h i n i c a l l y d i f f e r e n t f r o m t h e B u r m e s e b o t h
P h e n o t yp i c a l l y a n d C u l t u r e w i s e a i d e d t h e B r i t s h e r s d u r i n g t h e t i m e w h e n
Burm a was part of British India . This started generatin g animosit y with
the native Arakanese people and other Burmese in the country and
gradually during the military junta rule of Burma and 1980 onwards they
were rendered stateless and were subject to violent riots and killings
which just gradually worsened.

There were a spate of timely riots on yearly basis in which Arakanese and
R o h i n g ya a s c l a s h e d w i t h e a c h o t h e r w h i c h i n v o l v e d b u r n i n g o f v i l l a g e s ,
mass killings and rapes and all crimes against humanity.

WORSENING CONDITION
It all started with ARSA that is rohingya terrorist group attacked and
killed 30 policemen in Rakhine. A wave of Anti-Rohingya Muslim
sentiements triggered across entire Myanmar. Whilst protest erupted in
M ya n m a r a n d i n t h e R a k h i n e t h e n a t i o n a l i s t B u d d h i s t a n d t h e a r m y
coll ab orat ed an d start ed t he worst at t acks aga inst the R ohi ngyas .

Violent Nationalist Buddhist mobs and Buddhist militias started attacking

t h e c o u n t r ys i d e o f M u s l i m m a j o r i t y t o w n s b u r n i n g , p i l l a g i n g v i l l a g e s a n d
razing them t o ground backed by t h e cover fi r e from M ya nm ar’s m ili t ar y.
Soon after pillaging the villages the y moved towards the small townships
of Muslims Such was the ferociousness and intensity that nearly 24000+
were killed and 18000+ women and girls were raped and sold.This drove a
w a v e o f 5 , 0 0 , 0 0 0 + R o h i n g ya i m m i g r a n t s i n t o B a n g l a d e s h a n d e v e n I n d i a .
A c o l o n y o f 3 0 0 0 0 R o h i n g ya s d e v e l o p e d i n N e w D e l h i a n d J a m m u
prompting widespread protests against them.

The displacement figure was close to 7,25,000+ as that of 2019 figure

according to Huffington post.

Chapter 3
Questionnaire
Q.1 Do you kno w wh
what
at does the term Refugee means?
A) Yes B) No C) Can’t say

Meanign Refugee

10%

15% Yes
No
Can't Say
75%

Q.2 Do you know

kno w ab out the Myanmar Crisis for m where the Rohingya refugees
originated?
A) Yes B) No C) Can’t say
 Crisis origination

20%
Yes
40%
No
Can't say
40%

Q.3 Do you know

kno w an yt hing aboiut Rohingyas and R ohingya Crisis?
A) Yes B) No C) Can’t say

Knowledge

Can't Say
25% Yes
50%

No
25%

Q.4 Anything
Anythin g you kno
knoww about what lead to their displacement from their homeland?
A) Yes B) No C) Can’t
’t sa y
 Reason for displacement
Cant say
15%

Yes
40%

No
45%

Q.5 Do you thin

think
k all t hose refugees are innocent , clean and shoul d be allowed in our
country or some
so me are having cri minal bac kgr ound?
A) Yes B) No C) Can’t say

Nature Cant say

0%

Yes
20%

No
80%

Q.6 If we acce pt so me refugees the y should be j ust trated as guest s of burden for
limited ti me or should
sho uld be allowed to integrate into the mainstrea m society?
A) Yes B) No C) Can’t say
 Integrate

Yes
20%
Can't say
30%

No
50%

Q.7 Should the refu ge es be repatriated t o the countr y of ori gins a fter their country’s
problem is sol ve d?
A) Yes B) No C) Can’t say

Repatriation
Can't say
15%

No
15%

Yes
70%

Q.8 What a bout the Hi ndu Pa kistani Refugee s living in pathetic conditions? Should
they be our main priority cause t he y are the remnants of the partition sufferi ng?
A) Yes B) No C) Can’t say
 Can't say
5% Priority
No
10%

Yes
85%

Q.9 If the y afre being

bein g allowed what about some of the Rohingyas t heir terrorists
affiliations with ISIS and al -qaeda?
qaeda?
A) Yes B) No C) Can’t say

If…. Can’t say

No 0%
0%

Yes
100%

Q.10 M yanmar
yan mar faced global flak for Rohingya crisis and would not accepting
Rohin
hin
hingyas
gyas deteriorate our relations with M yanmar along with the a dded burden of
Refu gees?
A) Yes B) No C) Can’t say
 Relations with Myanmar

Can't say
25%
Yes
50%

No
25%

Q.11 Do you about th

thee no. of displaced from the state of Rakhi ne ?
A) Yes B) No C) Unclear

Know about No. of dislpaced

Yes
7%

Can't say
37%

2nd Qtr
56%

Q.12 Shoul d the rich Muslim nations of Middle East (like Saudi Arabia, UAE) gi ve
refuge to those fleeing Myanmar?
A) Yes B) No C) Can’t Sa y
 Should Muslim nations give refuge
Can't say
No 5%
5%

Yes
90%

Chapter 4
SOCIO-LEGAL SOLUTIONS,SUGGESTIONS
M ya n m a r ’ s m i l i t a r y c a r r i e d o u t m a s s k i l l i n g s a n d g a n g r a p e s o f M u s l i m
R o h i n g ya w i t h “ g e n o c i d a l i n t e n t ” , a n d t h e c o m m a n d e r - i n - c h i e f a n d f i v e
generals should be prosecuted for the gravest crimes under international
law, as said by U.N. investigators said.

A report by investigators was the first time the United Nations has
e x p l i c i t l y c a l l e d f o r M ya n m a r o f f i c i a l s t o f a c e g e n o c i d e c h a r g e s o v e r
t hei r cam pai gn agai nst t h e R ohingya, and is li kel y t o deepen the c ount r y’s
isolation.

The investigators called for the U.N. Security Council to impose an arms
embargo on Myanmar, subject its officials to targeted sanctions and set up
an ad hoc tribun al to try s uspects or refer them to the In ternational
Criminal Court in the Hague.

The International fact-finding characterized the conflict in Rakhine as

non-international armed conflicts implying that In ternational
Humanitarian Law applies (IHL). Th e report form 2018 states that a clear
pattern present violations of Int’l Human rights and Hum anitarian law
i n c l u d i n g c r i m e s a g a i n s t h u m a n i t yy.. T h e R o h i n g yyaa c r i s i s i s d i f f i c u l t o t
describe as a two-party conflict.It is better described as systematic
discrimination, denial of human rights and violence aimed at the
R o h i n g ya p o p u l a t i o n , w h o a r e a c t u a l l y n o t c o n s i d e r e d p e o p l e o f M y a n m a r .
It s ho uld all st a rt wit h ma ki ng M ya nm ar a dem ocrati c count ry and t he
power which resides in the current military should be taken away and
gi ven back to t he peopl e. A new cons ti tut ion i s a m ust t hi ng as M yanm ar
is a complex case of Military and civil government in which army
Generals enjoy extraordinary powers to enjoy de facto and de jure
impunity for its actions.

IN LAW AND PRACTISE TATMADAW REMAINS THE MOST POWERFUL

INSTITUTION IN THE COUNTRY LARGELY OUTSIDE THE CONTROL OF THE
CIVILIAN GOVT. Therefore security forces must me made accountable to
civilian authorities as it makes constitutional arrangements in Myanmar
incompatible with the rule of law principle.

“A lawful response to ARSA’s attacks would consist of independent and

impartial investigations and public criminal prosecutions in accordance
with national laws and fair trial rights standards – protections commonly
v i o l a t e d t h r o u g h o u t t h e c o u n t r y, t h e I C J s a ys ”

T h e R o h i n g ya c r i s i s i s o f e p i c p r o p o r t i o n s a n d n e e d s t o b e t r e a t e d w i t h
utmost urgency and importance . The leaders at the upcoming APEC and
ASEA N summn its should ne putt ing t he ri ghts of the Ro hingya at the t op
of their agenda.” Further along there is an urgent need of to call the
donor governments to provide generous support to meet the humanitarian
n e e d s o f R o h i n g ya r e f u g e e s i n B a n g l a d e s h a n d I n d i a

The Bangladeshi govt should keep its border open to asylum seekers and
not coerce returns, respecting the principles of nonrefoulment, which
prohibits the return of refugees to places where they would be
persecutedor face a real risk of torture, or cruel, inhuman or degrading
treatment.

Bangladesh is constructing a large refugee camp in the Cox’s Bazar

d i s t r i c t o f t h e c o u n t r y, w h i c h o f f i c i a l s h a v e s a i d t h e y p l a n t o s u r r o u n d
wit h barbed wi r e. Offi ci als have al r ead y s ugges t ed t hat R ohingyas coul d
be Reloacted to Thengar Char island, an uninhabitated undeveloped
coastal island highly prone to submergence Either situation would deprive
refugees of their rights to freedom of movement, livelihood, food, and
education, in violation of Bangladesh’s obligations under international
human rights law.

The B urm ese go vernm ent has indi cat ed t hat Rohingya who wis h to return
to the country should live in camps for internally displaced people.
Camps for displaced people and “safe zones” in Burma are not an
acceptable solution for returnees Refugees and internall y displaced people
who were arbitrarily or unlawfully deprived of their former homes, lands,
properties, or places of habitual residence have the right to return to their
pl ace of resi den ce or choi ce, and t h e to t he ret urn of their propert y.
Burma should respect the right of those who are unable or unwilling to
return to their homes to choose compensation for the loss of their homes
and properties.

Such camps could become permanent, and act as a barrier for returning
refugees and internally displaced people to reconstruct their homes, work
t hei r land, rega in livelihoods , and r eint egrat e i nt o Burm es e s oci et y.

“At every high-level meeting where this crisis is being discussed, leaders
s houl d cal l R oh ingya refu gees what t he y are: ‘R ohingya refugees, ’”
Frelick said. “Governments should not use euphemisms or otherwise
mince words to suggest that these are not refugees deserving of all their
rights as refugees or to deny their ethnic identity and nationality ties to
Burma.”

Conclusion:-

T h e h a p p e n i n g s o f t h e R o h i n g ya s , t h e i r s u f f e r i n g s , p l i g h t , a n d s t o r y a r e
compl et el y abs e nt in t erm s of t he st udents beforehand b ut everyon e
becom es interested with t he dosage of slight informatio n to them. It
shows that the tems like genocide, refugees invoke interest amongst
students particulary and with slight providing of information they
themselves get aware of the situation and can answer the logical solutions
related to the questions.

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