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Myanmar
/ Population / Rohingyas
In the Burmese
province of Arakan, the strip of coastline west of the Ayeyarwaddy
delta bordering in the Northwest on Bangladesh, about 20 % of
the population are Muslim Bengalese called Rohingyas. By
interpretation of Burmese governments throughout the last 200
years including the present government the Rohingyas are not legitimate
Burmese citizens, but illegal immigrants, even though the
Rohingyas have been living in Arakan province for several generations
already.
After transgressions
of Burmese army units in 1991 and 1992 about 260,000 Rohingyas
fled to Bangladesh, where they were put into refugee camps close
to the town of Cox's Bazaar. As the Burmese Bengalese are
not welcome in Bengalese Bangladesh the Rohingyas find themselves
in a difficult situation. After negotiations through diplomatic
channels a large number of the refugees were enabled to return
to Myanmar.
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