I don't understand how are Rohingyas citizens of Bangladesh. They are living in Myanmar (Burma) for hundred of years. They are indigenous to Burma's Arakan.
Hundreds of Rohingya try to escape Myanmar crackdown
- 16 November 2016
- From the section Asia
Image caption Foreign journalists have not been allowed into the area to verify reports
Hundreds of people from the Rohingya minority in Myanmar are trying to escape a military crackdown by crossing the border into Bangladesh.
The people attempting to flee include children.
Witnesses and Bangladeshi officials say that some people trying to flee have been shot and killed.
At least 130 people have died during a military operation in Rakhine state, where many of the minority live, in just over a month.
Activists say hundreds of homes have been burnt to the ground but the government rejects that claim. Foreign reporters have not been allowed into the area.
Rakhine is home to more than a million Rohingya Muslims, who are not recognised as Myanmar citizens.
People in the country tend to consider them illegal immigrants from neighbouring Bangladesh.
The state has seen simmering tension between its Buddhist and Muslim populations following
co-ordinated attacks last month that killed nine police officers, which police blamed on the Rohingya.
Since then, soldiers have closed down parts of Rakhine state and stopped aid workers and independent observers from entering.
The government says "violent attackers" and some members of the security forces have been killed.
Around 100,000 Rohingya people still live in camps after violence that flared up in 2012 forcing them to leave their homes.
Last year, images of hundreds of Rohingya people floating in fishing boats shocked the world. They were trying to escape by sea to Malaysia.
Asian countries agreed to work together to try to stem the crisis.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-38008151
https://www.quora.com/Why-cant-Burm...ims-as-its-citizens-and-stop-persecuting-them
Pyie Sone, A Burmese
Written 14 Jun
“As a Burmese, I do not accept them as our race nor citizen.”
Bluntly put,it’s Bangladesh’s problem not ours. Bangladesh is suffering from the tremendous side effects of over-population and climate changes. We can only accept them for temporary simply because Myanmar is a third world country. We are poor.
Some other FACTS for not accepting them as our citizens.
1) How can we accept someone who don’t even speak the national language(let alone the national anthem) as our citizen? They speak Bengalis , not even Arakan(the state where most of them are residing in) and yet they demand citizenship.
2) The word “Rohingya” did not exist in Myanmar’s history until the last four years,where the UN and OIC started to chant along with the Bengalis at the same time. What a coincidence.
3) We are persecuting Muslims? Kamein/Kamans are predominantly Muslims and yet,they are officially one of our ethnic tribes. I wonder how come they are able to live in peace until these so called “Rohingya” came along?
(will continue writing this tonight).
