Report on the Rohingya Crisis: Findings from the Prime Minister's Special Envoy to Myanmar

Global Affairs Canada published a report from the Prime Minister's Special Envoy to Myanmar, based on research and travel from October 2017 to March 2018. The report assesses the violent events of August 2017 that led over 671,000 Rohingya to flee Rakhine State, Myanmar, for Bangladesh. It focuses on humanitarian response, political challenges, potential crimes against humanity, and coordination of international efforts.

Use Cases

• Historical analysis of the 2017 Rohingya displacement based on the envoy's on-the-ground research.
• Studying international diplomatic and humanitarian coordination challenges described in the report.
• Examining allegations of crimes against humanity in Rakhine State based on the report's findings.
• Analyzing policy recommendations combining principle and pragmatism for crisis response.

Strengths

• Report is based on extensive research, travel, and meetings from October 2017 to March 2018.
• Provides a specific figure of over 671,000 Rohingya displaced.
• Focuses on four clear thematic areas: humanitarian crisis, political challenges, crimes against humanity, and coordination.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• The publication is explicitly archived and out of date, referenced for research or recordkeeping only.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

Global Affairs Canada | Affaires mondiales Canada

Collection Method

Research, travel, and meetings conducted by the Prime Minister's Special Envoy to Myanmar.

Time Range

Research period: October 2017 to March 2018, focusing on events from August 2017 onward.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-10 15:45:31.393963; freshness should be verified as the report is archived.

Geography

Myanmar (Rakhine State) and Bangladesh.