The land is Arakan and the people are called Arakanese or Rakhines. Muslims call themselves Rohingyas. Muslims migrated and settled in Arakan in the historical times and Myanmar occupied and annexed Arakan only in 1820s. Now, the Myanmar Junta call the native Rohingyas as illegal imigrants from Bangladesh. It is a false propaganda to banish the non-wanted Rohingyas out of their own country.
Although there were scattered cases of Muslim population since 800s, but, the main muslim population were from Bengal. The muslim troops from Bengal went there in 1430s to re-install the Monarch who was deposed by his nephew at the instigation of Myanmar. These Muslims took their families and settled in that land to become the core group of Muslims in Arakan.
Both Myanmar and Arakan were occupied by the British Bengal troops in 1820s. Arakan was first detached by the BB govt and was attached with Bengal, but, then at a later time it was joined with Myanmar for easy administration. Now, the natives of Arakan have become minority in their own land and are deprived of all facilities.
In every turmoil the Rohingyas have come to Bangladesh as refugees. This time, the GoB did not allow any more of them. I cannot just support such a decision. but, apart from emotion I must say an international effort is needed to make the Myanmar Junta to bend. It is good to see Malaysian, Indonesian, Pakistani, Iranian and Turkic govts have come out to extend help to these Rohingya destitues. I expect these and other Muslim govts to press the Junta to accept Rohingyas as their own citizens and give them protection so that they can live in their native land without being persecuted.
If the Junta fails to protect its own citizens, there are some other methods to resoluve the Rohingya issue. One of these is certainly an armed struggle. However, it will bring the Islamic extremists to enter the picture. This will destabilize both Myanmar and Bangladesh.
In order to avoid a extremist war in its front, it is imperative that the GoB also take part with the initiatives of other countries and International organizations.