Plight of the Rohingya minority in Myanmar/Burma

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Series Details February 2017
Publication Date February 2017
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The brutal military crackdown since October 2016 in Myanmar/Burma's Rakhine State has highlighted the tragic situation of Muslim Rohingya, often described as one of the most persecuted minorities in the world. Deprived of citizenship and basic freedoms at home, those who risk their lives to escape can at best hope for a precarious existence abroad.

Author: Martin Russell
Source Link http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/ATAG/2017/599257/EPRS_ATA(2017)599257_EN.pdf
Related Links
ESO: Background information: Stranded at sea: the Rohingya http://www.europeansources.info/record/stranded-at-sea-the-rohingya/
EU: EEAS: Myanmar (Burma) and the EU https://eeas.europa.eu/headquarters/headquarters-homepage/4004/eu-myanmar-relations_en
Chatham House: The World Today, September 2017: Myanmar’s problem state https://www.chathamhouse.org/publications/twt/myanmar-s-problem-state
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