Rohingyas fear Myanmar citizenship checks
The government says it needs to make sure refugees are not migrants from Bangladesh but Rohingyas fear more persecution.
Published On 1 Jul 2014
Myanmar’s government has started a citizenship verification for Rohingya Muslims in the state of Rakhine, which they say is aimed at weeding out what it calls “illegal immigrants”.
Many Rohingya Muslims worry the checks are a tactic to futher persecute them and strip them of citizenship.
Al Jazeera’s Florence Looi reports from the Baw Du Pha refugee camp in Sittwe.
Source: Al Jazeera