Myanmar Crisis Update: NUG & Rohingya

Rohingya refugees in Cox Bazar



Within the Sagaing Region and Chin State, the NUG is working to unite older ethnic armed organizations (EAOs) with newer People Defense Forces (PDF) and Chinland Defense Force. Amidst the pursue to promote unity, they continue to face extreme difficultly in these collaborative efforts, as the majority of these groups prefer operating as individual bodies and carrying out independent work. The NUG’s decreasing power and lack of control has led to various repercussions including multiple killings of innocent individuals accused of being junta informants, and having a poor and low weapon supply. Officials have reported that their biggest weakness in the Spring Revolution has been the small resource pool of weapons, with supplies fulfilling only 20-25% of what is needed and the majority of these weapons being manufactured at home. That being said, defense against larger military offenses and violent outbreaks by the junta continues to remain a prominent issue in Myanmar's current state.


Furthermore, Myanmar’s humanitarian aid crisis continues to escalate as thousands of fleeing Rohingya refugees remain displaced and persecuted in the country. Fleeing to Bangladesh since the start of the genocide in 2016, the country currently holds and supports more than 1.2 million individuals, with the majority of refugees living in camps at Cox Bazar. As a developing nation, Bangladesh continues to struggle upholding the $1.2 billion needed to annually support refugee camps. With the amount of international aid at a slow decrease in 2020, Bangladeshi officials refuse to accept any more refugees since the allocation of resources is not sufficient enough to support and sustain the overwhelming surge of fleeing displaced individuals. In an interview, Obaidul Quader, the Minister of Road Transport and Bridges, recently stated that “[Bangladesh] will not allow any more Rohingya to enter the country.” Moving forward it’s important to consider the further implications and impacts of both balancing Myanmar’s humanitarian crisis as well as their relationship with neighboring nations.






Works Cited

Bhattacharyya, Rajeev. “Myanmar Has Had Anti-Junta Uprisings Before. The Spring Revolution Is Different.” The Diplomat, 27 October 2023, https://thediplomat.com/2023/10/myanmar-has-had-anti-junta-uprisings-before-the-spring-revolution-is-different/. Accessed 22 February 2024.

Hassan, Tirana. “World Report 2023: Myanmar.” Human Rights Watch, https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2023/country-chapters/myanmar. Accessed 22 February 2024.

SUMON, SHEHAB. “Bangladesh resists pressure to accept more Rohingya from Myanmar.” Arab News, https://www.arabnews.com/node/2463981/worl. Accessed 22 February 2024.






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