Rohingya in the camps seek education, a say in their future

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"On November 26 last year fed up of being ignored, Rohingya refugees in camps in southeastern Bangladesh did something out of ordinary: they went on strike. For three days, leaders of the Rohingya community declared, that no man or woman working in the camp as a shopkeeper, teacher, health worker, or builder – would providing their crucial manpower. The call to arms was in response to new identity cards issued by the Bangladesh authorities and the United Nations refugee agency, UNHCR. The ‘smart’ cards did not identify their ethnicity as ‘Rohingya’..."

Creator/author: 

Vidya Krishnan

Source/publisher: 

Asia Times

Date of Publication: 

2019-01-23

Date of entry: 

2019-01-26

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  • Individual Documents

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Geographic coverage: 

    • Myanmar and Bangladesh

Countries: 

Myanmar

Language: 

English

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text

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    • Good