Narinjara News
Arakanese people from border area desert their homes
after prohibition of hill-side cultivation
A number of Arakanese people have deserted their homes since Burmese authorities
have banned hill-side cultivation in the northern border areas close to
They declined to estimate of
the number of Arakanese people who have recently
deserted their homes.
The couple said “Its very difficult to estimate the number of Arakanese people who have relocated, but we could say that
there are a number of families who were engaged in hill-side cultivation that
have since deserted their homes.”
According to local sources, a
number of families are moving to the interior of Arakan
state, including
Among those deserting the
state, a number are from the Arakanese tribal groups
of Mro, Mru and Khami. Currently they are sheltering in some villages
of
“We do not have any chance to
work in Arakan because we do not know how to do
anything else. We therefore came to
It was also learnt that there
are other reasons the people are entering Bangladeshi territory, one is food
scarcity along the Burmese side of the border, and another is lack of
employment opportunities in the area.
“Yes, the price of
commodities including rice has been going up recently. For that reason we came
to
Arakanese people from the area have been roaming along the BangladeshBurma border since Burmese authorities have
banned the cultivation of hill side agriculture in northern Arakan
state over the last two years.#
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