The Rohingya crisis is a full-blown humanitarian catastrophe that the world keeps ignoring. India's government has gone so far as to forcibly dump refugees — women and children included — into the sea near Myanmar, which is a grotesque violation of basic human rights. Slashing aid while millions languish in camps and the ICJ investigates genocide is morally indefensible.
Framing all Rohingya as helpless refugees erases a documented history of armed separatist movements dating back to 1946. Settling large numbers of illegal migrants in border cities and sensitive areas creates real security risks — riots, radicalism and demographic destabilization aren't hypothetical, they're recorded outcomes. Compassion without scrutiny isn't humanitarianism, it's recklessness.
There is a 89% chance that a civil war will break out in a country with a median age above 30 before 2070, according to the Metaculus prediction community.
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