Ocean of Rohingya refugees recently flooded the Indian soil and they are successfully engaged in restoring to drug trafficking due to no fear of law and other, this issue really need to be address. The headache of Rohingya refugees has mountain and negatively hampering the Indian society with their illegal drugs trafficking.
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In 2018, there was a major crackdown on drug trafficking in Bangladesh. In particular, the action was taken against the drug 'Yaba', also known as 'Madness Drugs'. A total of 53 million methamphetamine tablets were seized during the operation. About 300 suspected drug dealers were killed in the operation. Of these, 40 were from the Teknaf area near the Rohingya refugee camp. About 25,000 people were arrested in the same operation, some of them Rohingya refugees. According to a Reuters report, Bangladesh has become a major market for drug smugglers who smuggle drugs from factories in southern Myanmar where there is a lack of law.
There are currently more than 90,000 Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. The camps in which all these refugees live do not have the capacity to accommodate so many people. So, in fact, there is a situation where these refugees are kept in a coma. As a result, the stress on these camps has also increased. As a result, the condition of these camps has become extremely dire in terms of living conditions. Of course, the Rohingyas are gradually being given the opportunity to live in the residential areas here. But they also have legal restrictions on doing things, and that's why the tendency to act illegally has intensified.
Many men, women and children have fled their war-torn villages to seek refuge in the border region. But most of those who have taken refuge here are alone. They do not have their husbands or wives, their parents, their children with them. Because many of them lost their lives in the brutal massacre carried out by the local army in their war-torn villages. Some of them were able to bring some money or clothes with them when they arrived. However, this has not been possible for many of those whose villages have been burnt down. In such extremely painful and difficult conditions they are living in overcrowded camps. There are also restrictions on them going to work outside the camp.
Help from some humanitarian organizations gives them some relief. But that is not enough. Organizations affiliated with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) are allowed to work in the same employment opportunities created under these camps. However, the income they get from this type of work is very meager in terms of meeting their own or their family's needs. The food supply in the camps is also limited. Naturally, the extra income that can be obtained in other ways in such a situation is definitely helpful to meet the food and other basic needs.
There are many educational activities going on in the camps for Rohingyas. However, according to the report of the Joint Response Plan (JRP) 2019, about 97% of the youth and adolescents here do not have access to quality education or learning opportunities.
Due to this situation, most of the young children in these camps are either sitting idle, or they are involved in some kind of quarrel or violent incidents in these camps or in the vicinity of the camps. Naturally, such helpless people always fall prey to drug traffickers. Are found in their grasp.
They are paid according to the amount of yaba they stockpile. E.g. If they smuggle 5,000 tablets of 'Yaba' to Dhaka or other major cities in Bangladesh, they are paid 10,000 taka (taka is the currency of Bangladesh). This payment is too big for them. As a result, many Rohingyas are willing to work as brokers to distribute the drug 'Yaba' to drug dealers.
Another important point is that if they show willingness to work with drug traffickers, many Rohingyas will have a fair chance to escape from Myanmar via the Naf River, which flows through both countries. The situation of Rohingyas in camps in Bangladesh is in a sense similar to that of the neglected. That is why drugs have been infiltrated in these camps. Apart from that, it is also contributing to the increase in demand for drugs like 'Yaba'.
In this regard, the news agency Reuters has published many stories in the period 2017-18. Judging by these reports, the demand for 'Yaba' has increased tremendously. Almost all the main elements of the society like housewives, college students, professionals have been found addicted to the drug 'Yaba'. Unfortunately, camps with Rohingyas have become an easy prey for all of them.
In view of all these developments, Bangladesh is now being used as a smuggling route for narcotics produced in the countries known as the Golden Triangle, Myanmar, Laos and Thailand.
There is a growing trend to consume specially synthetic drugs, especially drugs made for party use, especially yaba. The smuggling of all these drugs through the loose borders of Bangladesh has become a matter of concern for Bangladesh.
The town of Teknaf in Cox's Bazar, notorious for smuggling drugs into Bangladesh, has been the talk of the town in recent times. In Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, about 15 gangs of drug traffickers are operating in the area. Rohingya settlements are very close to this route.
In this regard, many stories have been published in the media. According to these reports, the smugglers go deep into the refugee camps. They are in a desert or they are the neighbors of these Rohingyas. They are responsible for stockpiling drugs. The stock is then transported to several major cities using public transportation. This allows them to be read through multiple rounds of security checks in many places. No one is suspicious of children or women. Therefore, these smugglers mainly use Rohingya women and children to smuggle drugs. In this way, the Rohingya women and children, who seem unsuspecting, get out of the security checkpoints with a stockpile of drugs. These drugs are found in someone's slippers or shoes, in underwear, in a pants belt,
As such, drug traffickers are currently using Rohingya camps as a major market for narcotics and warehouses for storing narcotics like 'Yaba'. In fact, not only are drugs involved in all of this, but there are also many things that have to do with the drug trade. Of course, law enforcement agencies are aware of the seriousness of the situation. However, in trying to solve this problem, they often feel helpless.
The reasons why this type of crime is still going on are often discussed and debated. In fact, some loopholes in the Narcotics Control Act 1990 may be one of the major reasons for this. These evasions may have given criminals a free rein. One is that the previous law did not mention that yaba should be taken seriously as a drug. This is probably why this practice has become so popular in the last few years. In addition, drug traffickers used to get easy bail, so they could not be detained for long. To change this situation, the government has brought in the Narcotics Control Act 2018 to tighten the previous law.
The new law provides for harsher punishments. Accordingly, transportation, trade, storage, production, processing, use or use of yaba is prohibited. The new law provides for life imprisonment for those who use 200 grams of yaba or its main ingredient, ephetamine, to avoid the death penalty or punishment for such crimes.
It remains to be seen whether the new law will bring about the expected changes. A special operation was launched last month in the city of Teknaf to get such criminals to surrender. As many as 102 drug lords and drug dealers surrendered to the authorities during the operation. In a sense, this is a great achievement. But at the same time, it should be noted that many criminals in the region are still at large or in hiding. So the Rohingyas can certainly be looked at to take this drug business forward. At the same time, it is not possible to say for sure how serious the situation is and what the consequences of waiting for such a crime can be. In fact, since the Rohingya are refugees there, they have no rights, so the protection they receive is in a sense risky. Therefore, in all these circumstances, the crisis on the Rohingya has become even darker.
Due to its remoteness from its homeland, refugee camps with numerous restrictions and lack of basic amenities, many Rohingyas have resorted to drug trafficking like 'Yaba'.
From a humanitarian point of view, a number of UN reports indicate that, in the case of the Rohingya, the international community is keeping a close eye on human rights violations. Organizations working to help the Rohingya on behalf of the international community are working with the goal of raising the living standards of the Rohingya. Because if this could happen, these organizations hope that the crime rate in these camps will decrease.
In reality, however, these organisations seem to be focusing more on presenting their work consistently in the form of reports, and on refining their own work. Funding for the Rohingya is either poorly planned or misused. In addition, efforts are being made by the government as well as the international community to repatriate the Rohingya, as such discussions continue, posing a major obstacle to security. Because of this, the implementation of integrated measures at the national or local level is consistently delayed. In fact, this fact shows that there is a lack of serious efforts to solve the problems that have arisen as a whole. It should be noted here that social media can definitely attract the attention of many people.
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