"The introduction of a citizenship law in Myanmar 36 years ago set the stage for what has become one of the largest forcible displacements of a group in history, a legal academic has said. Dr Melissa Crouch has described anti-Rohingya sentiment among the wider Burmese population as one of several long-standing factors to lead to the current crisis. Speaking as part of a panel discussion in Sydney, the Asian legal studies expert explained that it was important to understand what the popular local view was towards the ethnic Muslim group. ?The public perception in Myanmar is that these people are illegal immigrants. And that for a very long time was the dominant perspective that many people in Myanmar had,” Dr Crouch said..."