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UNSAFE MIGRATION BY SEA: A CASE OF ROHINGYA PEOPLE IN MALAYSIAN
WATER
Roeffinus Agustinus
Dr Nurul Haqimin Mohd Salleh
Bachelor of Management (Maritime)
School of Maritime Business and Management
Migration of Rohingya people in South East Asia water was started a long time ago due
to the persecution of their culture and religion by the Myanmar government. It stated
that the major cause the Rohingya peoples migrate to South East-Asia water is
persecution along with their ways to improve their lifestyle in developing country such
as Malaysia. Based on the previous research, only a few researchers are focussing on
the unsafe migration of Rohingya people that affect the shipping companies. Besides,
the main aim for this paper is to investigate the implication of Rohingya migration on
merchant vessel navigation in Malaysian water and to identify the potential risks of
rescuing refugees at sea to the shipping companies. In order to assessed and minimize
the risk, two decision-making tools are used which is Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP)
and Evidential Reasoning (ER). Data and judgements are obtained from 14 experts from
shipping companies. The expected results has shown that security risk and economic
risk are the most significant factors contribute to the potential risk of rescuing refugees.
This research can contribute and able to decrease the potential risk towards the shipping
companies.
1623 | UMT UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH DAY 2018