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Who will adopt the Rohingya?
Background: The Rohingya are a minority Muslim people who live in the Bangladesh/Burma border region. In 1982, Burma passed a citizenship law that officially recognized 135 ethnic groups. However, this law omitted the Rohingya.
The Burmese Rohingya are treated poorly. They are forced into labor and have had arable land taken away from them. Also, they must receive official permission to get married. At least one Rohingya was jailed for seven years for violating the marriage law.
Since 2006, many Rohingya have fled Burma by boat. Their preferred destination appears to be Malaysia. An estimated 20,000 Rohingya are in Malaysia where they are protected by the UN. However, many end up in Thailand. The Thai government considers them economic migrants and has deserted more than 1,000 Rohingya men in the Andaman Sea.
At market creation time, Indonesia had rescued about 400 refugees during 2009. Originally, Indonesia planned to deport the refugees. However, Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda said that he may grant them refugee status.
Settlement will be based on an official announcement that asylum or refugee status has been granted.
Additional information:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7872635.stm
http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-02-07-voa11.cfm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rohingya_people
The Burmese Rohingya are treated poorly. They are forced into labor and have had arable land taken away from them. Also, they must receive official permission to get married. At least one Rohingya was jailed for seven years for violating the marriage law.
Since 2006, many Rohingya have fled Burma by boat. Their preferred destination appears to be Malaysia. An estimated 20,000 Rohingya are in Malaysia where they are protected by the UN. However, many end up in Thailand. The Thai government considers them economic migrants and has deserted more than 1,000 Rohingya men in the Andaman Sea.
At market creation time, Indonesia had rescued about 400 refugees during 2009. Originally, Indonesia planned to deport the refugees. However, Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda said that he may grant them refugee status.
Settlement will be based on an official announcement that asylum or refugee status has been granted.
Additional information:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7872635.stm
http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-02-07-voa11.cfm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rohingya_people
Settlement details:As reported by a major mainstream news source. Suspend date may be changed if the Rohingya have not been adopted.
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Initial likelihoods: Bangladesh: 4%, Burma: 4%, Indonesia: 74%, Malaysia: 4%, Thailand: 4%, Other: 10%
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It sounds like ASEAN is saying that the Rohingya are not its problem.
http://in.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-38251320090227
http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=83232
The UN has begun the process of "status determination" for 391 refugees in Indonesia. This process will determine if they should stay in Indonesia or return to Myanmar. However, the article says nothing about citizenship, asylum, etc.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/17/world/asia/17indo.html?ref=asia
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