Cover image via says.com1. The Rohingya are a Muslim minority population living in Myanmar, formerly known as Burma
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2. Despite being in the country for centuries, Rohingya people are not recognised as citizens or an ethnic group. They are by definition, stateless.
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3. Rohingya refugees must prove themselves to be recognised
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4. Tens of thousands of Rohingya have been fleeing Myanmar over the last few years after facing harsh persecution by Buddhist extremists
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5. Rohingya live on either side of the Myanmar-Bangladesh border, as some have fled to Bangladesh
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6. Myanmar unveiled a plan to offer the Rohingya people citizenships but it meant they would need to change their ethnicity to Bangladeshi, thus admitting that they are illegally in the country
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7. Bangladesh, on the other hand, denies them as Bengalis and have been guilty of persecuting the Rohingya as well
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8. Neighbouring countries in the Southeast Asia have been turning a blind eye on this humanitarian crisis
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9. For years, ethnic Rohingya Muslims have been smuggled in illegally through the mountains of Thailand and kept in camps until their 'ransoms' were paid
Migrants believed to be Rohingya inside a shelter after being rescued from boats, in Lhoksukon, Indonesia's Aceh Province.
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10. The recent discovery of shallow graves were Rohingya Muslims being held by traffickers, left to starve and die
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11. Recent regional crackdown on human trafficking has forced smugglers to change tactics, which consequently left thousands of refugees stuck on boats for an indefinite amount of time
12. The arrival of Rohingya Muslims in SEA countries have not been welcomed and have their boats turned away, with nowhere to land
13. Despite pleading from the U.N., no countries are willing to accept the Rohingya, afraid of the potential endless influx of migrants
14. With the Rohingya people being sent back and forth around SEA, Phil Robertson has called out Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia to stop playing a "three-way human game of ping pong"
Rohingya refugees a boat drifting in Thai waters off the southern island of Koh Lipe, May 14, 2015.
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