No place like home

Material type: TextTextPublication details: 2007Subject(s): In: The Economist December 1st-7th 2007, pp.36Summary: A brief article on the status of the Burmese Muslims, the Rohingyas. They have never been granted Myanmar citizenship. They fled to neighbouring country, Bangladesh, in hope for refuge but are being repatriated due to overpopulation and land scarcity. Most have settled in unofficial refugee camps across the Myanmar-Bangladeshi border. However, there are some signs that the Bangladeshi government may have plans to move the Rohingyas to a drier and more permanent location.
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A brief article on the status of the Burmese Muslims, the Rohingyas. They have never been granted Myanmar citizenship. They fled to neighbouring country, Bangladesh, in hope for refuge but are being repatriated due to overpopulation and land scarcity. Most have settled in unofficial refugee camps across the Myanmar-Bangladeshi border. However, there are some signs that the Bangladeshi government may have plans to move the Rohingyas to a drier and more permanent location.

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