Only way BD will take Rohingya is with land.
If you can give enough land in compensation then BD is willing to talk.
BD economy is already poised to finally break the 7% growth barrier so
not essential to settle anything with Myanmar.
Awami League is already gravitating away from India.
BD should not facilitate ethnic cleansing by Myanmar as this creates a bad precedent.
It is good to hear that AL is gravitating away from India. Is there some concrete proof of this? Can you elaborate further? Who are they gravitating towards? I would hope China of course.
Bangladesh has one of the highest population density, but it is not a unsolvable problem. We just have to make Bangladesh into a manufacturing and trading hub, well connected with China, ASEAN and of course India. We can become like a 30 times bigger version of Singapore.
As for facilitating ethnic cleansing by Myanmar, yes it may look like that, but we can always make pragmatic deals that can benefit both sides. Myanmar has a lot to offer for Bangladesh:
- we can break the land siege of Bangladesh from all 3 sides by India and connect by rail/road to both China and ASEAN
- Myanmar has a lot of land and has a bright future for food production and Bangladesh can be a big market for these fresh food products, coming in by trucks or rail
- Myanmar is the Pakistan for China on the eastern side of India and eventually it will be become well integrated with Chinese economy, just like rest of ASEAN, except for island nation Philippines, so Bangladesh can also benefit from this through our connectivity with Myanmar
We can do something that they want from us, in return we can also get something that they can do for us. That is how international relations work. India and RAW is doing a lot to create friction between Muslims and Buddhists, we can put a stop to this in one go, with this move and I am sure both China and ASEAN will support this move. Chinese should include an additional BCM corridor bypassing India in their AIIB sponsored Belt and Road initiative, to hedge against Indian foot dragging with the BCIM corridor and Indian attempt to sabotage free trade and flow of goods between Bangladesh and Myanmar, China and ASEAN.
But I am worried about Myanmar insurgencies as Myanmar govt. was not able to solve this problem for last 6 decades, and without stopping the insurgencies and safety for road, railways, connectivity will not happen. So Myanmar has to be ready on that aspect to make it lucrative for both Bangladesh and China, so that a deal can be reached. If needed China, ASEAN and Bangladesh should assist Myanmar govt. to end these insurgencies and help both sides reach a viable workable settlement between rebels and govt.
Bangladesh can also approach OIC, GCC, ASEAN and UN to get extra help and financial support for Rohingya resettlement and job creation in Teknaf, Cox's Bazaar EPZ's near Sonadia deep sea port.
Peace dividend is what we need to develop the region, not more fighting between each other.
Not a bad solution. But what makes you think that the current regime will accept Rohingyas? They rejected them before.
I don't think the Burmese have any idea as to who they are dealing with, and the circumstances around the current regime. If that isn't stupidity, then I don't know what is. International pressure on Myanmar is mounting, and yet nothing on Bangladesh. Don't you find that odd?
And for the record, we cannot perform banking transactions with Burmese banking institutions under the Patriot Act of the US. So before that can happen, those obstacles need to go.
It's a good idea nonetheless.
If Awami League wala's want to make more money, this is one way to develop Bangladesh and make more money. A BCM corridor between Kunming, Mandalay and Teknaf will be a huge boost to Bangladesh, Chinese, Myanmar and regional ASEAN economy. I think it will create more jobs than the CPEC corridor between Kashgar and Gwadar, as this region is much more densely populated with emerging and middle income countries around, such as China, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and Bangladesh.
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