Description:
"Does a solution to the persecution and discrimination of one of Myanmar?s ethnic minorities lie within its own borders?...The UN calls Myanmar?s Rohingya community one of the world?s most persecuted minorities. It has made an appeal for more than $30m to get aid to displaced Rohingya in Myanmar?s western Rakhine state.More than a million Rohingya are currently caught in a cycle of violence and poverty. They are without a country to call their own after being denied citizenship in Myanmar under a law that was passed 30 years ago.
Tens of thousands of them, mostly Muslims, are now living in makeshift camps in Myanmar after clashes with Buddhist locals.
Hundreds of thousands more are being denied access to aid in neighbouring Bangladesh, where an estimated 30,000 registered Rohingya refugees are living in UN camps..."
Source/publisher:
AL Jazeera (Inside Story)
Date of Publication:
2012-08-15
Date of entry:
2012-11-19
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- Individual Documents
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Language:
English
