asad71
PROFESSIONAL
- Joined
- May 24, 2011
- Messages
- 6,863
- Reaction score
- 4
- Country
- Location
Rohingyas stripped off all nationality docs
Myanmar begins collecting 'white cards'
Afp, Yangon
Myanmar authorities have begun collecting temporary identification cards from displaced Rohingya Muslims in unrest-torn Rakhine state, an official said yesterday, a move that the UN has warned could strip them of all documentation.
Officials, backed by security forces, visited almost a dozen camps for people displaced by violence between Buddhists and Muslims in the western state.
They asked people there to hand back the so-called "white cards", following a shock presidential declaration in February that they would expire on March 31.
"Immigration officers said yesterday that the situation was OK. They collected (the cards) from 11 camps, with security personnel," Rakhine government communications officer Hla Thein told AFP, adding that he did not know how many cards had been collected.
Hundreds of thousands of people, mainly from the Rohingya minority, are thought to hold white cards -- ostensibly as part of a process of applying for citizenship.
The issue became a flashpoint in February when President Thein Sein announced that the cards would become invalid.
He was responding to a row over a parliamentary bill that would have allowed holders of temporary identification papers to vote in a referendum on constitutional amendments. The idea sparked protests from Buddhist nationalists.
The Rohingya, who are considered by the United Nations to be one of the world's most persecuted minorities, are referred to by the government as "Bengali".
It was not immediately clear whether those whose cards were taken were able to begin a citizenship application process.
Myanmar begins collecting 'white cards'
Afp, Yangon
Myanmar authorities have begun collecting temporary identification cards from displaced Rohingya Muslims in unrest-torn Rakhine state, an official said yesterday, a move that the UN has warned could strip them of all documentation.
Officials, backed by security forces, visited almost a dozen camps for people displaced by violence between Buddhists and Muslims in the western state.
They asked people there to hand back the so-called "white cards", following a shock presidential declaration in February that they would expire on March 31.
"Immigration officers said yesterday that the situation was OK. They collected (the cards) from 11 camps, with security personnel," Rakhine government communications officer Hla Thein told AFP, adding that he did not know how many cards had been collected.
Hundreds of thousands of people, mainly from the Rohingya minority, are thought to hold white cards -- ostensibly as part of a process of applying for citizenship.
The issue became a flashpoint in February when President Thein Sein announced that the cards would become invalid.
He was responding to a row over a parliamentary bill that would have allowed holders of temporary identification papers to vote in a referendum on constitutional amendments. The idea sparked protests from Buddhist nationalists.
The Rohingya, who are considered by the United Nations to be one of the world's most persecuted minorities, are referred to by the government as "Bengali".
It was not immediately clear whether those whose cards were taken were able to begin a citizenship application process.
Rohingyas stripped off all nationality docs | The Daily Star
Myanmar begins collecting 'white cards'
Afp, Yangon
Myanmar authorities have begun collecting temporary identification cards from displaced Rohingya Muslims in unrest-torn Rakhine state, an official said yesterday, a move that the UN has warned could strip them of all documentation.
Officials, backed by security forces, visited almost a dozen camps for people displaced by violence between Buddhists and Muslims in the western state.
They asked people there to hand back the so-called "white cards", following a shock presidential declaration in February that they would expire on March 31.
"Immigration officers said yesterday that the situation was OK. They collected (the cards) from 11 camps, with security personnel," Rakhine government communications officer Hla Thein told AFP, adding that he did not know how many cards had been collected.
Hundreds of thousands of people, mainly from the Rohingya minority, are thought to hold white cards -- ostensibly as part of a process of applying for citizenship.
The issue became a flashpoint in February when President Thein Sein announced that the cards would become invalid.
He was responding to a row over a parliamentary bill that would have allowed holders of temporary identification papers to vote in a referendum on constitutional amendments. The idea sparked protests from Buddhist nationalists.
The Rohingya, who are considered by the United Nations to be one of the world's most persecuted minorities, are referred to by the government as "Bengali".
It was not immediately clear whether those whose cards were taken were able to begin a citizenship application process.
Myanmar begins collecting 'white cards'
Afp, Yangon
Myanmar authorities have begun collecting temporary identification cards from displaced Rohingya Muslims in unrest-torn Rakhine state, an official said yesterday, a move that the UN has warned could strip them of all documentation.
Officials, backed by security forces, visited almost a dozen camps for people displaced by violence between Buddhists and Muslims in the western state.
They asked people there to hand back the so-called "white cards", following a shock presidential declaration in February that they would expire on March 31.
"Immigration officers said yesterday that the situation was OK. They collected (the cards) from 11 camps, with security personnel," Rakhine government communications officer Hla Thein told AFP, adding that he did not know how many cards had been collected.
Hundreds of thousands of people, mainly from the Rohingya minority, are thought to hold white cards -- ostensibly as part of a process of applying for citizenship.
The issue became a flashpoint in February when President Thein Sein announced that the cards would become invalid.
He was responding to a row over a parliamentary bill that would have allowed holders of temporary identification papers to vote in a referendum on constitutional amendments. The idea sparked protests from Buddhist nationalists.
The Rohingya, who are considered by the United Nations to be one of the world's most persecuted minorities, are referred to by the government as "Bengali".
It was not immediately clear whether those whose cards were taken were able to begin a citizenship application process.
Rohingyas stripped off all nationality docs | The Daily Star
wadde log ,,,waddi waddi batein,,,aur bataye madam
,,,aur sikhna hae..
