Why are Rohingya refugees stranded in no-man's land?
It is a humanitarian crisis that is growing all the time. A week after former UN chief Kofi Annan released a report with recommendations to end years of persecution of the Rohingya people, the situation in Rakhine state in Myanmar appears to be getting worse. Women and children are among the tens of thousands of the ethnic Muslim-minority Rohingya community trying to get across the border into Bangladesh. But Bangladesh doesn't want them. Security is being tightened, and many people are being turned away, and are stuck in no-man's land. The refugees tell of attacks by the Myanmar military, of Rohingya villagers being killed and their homes set on fire. But the Myanmar army says it's launched a security crackdown on a rebel group after coming under attack itself. The biggest obstacle to peace is Myanmar citizenship. The commission led by Annan says all restrictions on Rohingya should be lifted and describes them as the biggest single stateless community in the world. But is the international community listening, and will it do anything about it? Presenter: Hashem Ahelbarra Guests: Phil Roberston - Deputy Director - Human Rights Watch, Asia Kim Jolliffe - Independent consultant working with development and humanitarian organisations in Myanmar Tun Khin - President - U.K Burmese Rohingya Organisation - Subscribe to our channel: http://ift.tt/291RaQr - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: http://ift.tt/1iHo6G4 - Check our website: http://ift.tt/snsTgS
It is a humanitarian crisis that is growing all the time. A week after former UN chief Kofi Annan released a report with recommendations to end years of persecution of the Rohingya people, the situation in Rakhine state in Myanmar appears to be getting worse. Women and children are among the tens of thousands of the ethnic Muslim-minority Rohingya community trying to get across the border into Bangladesh. But Bangladesh doesn't want them. Security is being tightened, and many people are being turned away, and are stuck in no-man's land. The refugees tell of attacks by the Myanmar military, of Rohingya villagers being killed and their homes set on fire. But the Myanmar army says it's launched a security crackdown on a rebel group after coming under attack itself. The biggest obstacle to peace is Myanmar citizenship. The commission led by Annan says all restrictions on Rohingya should be lifted and describes them as the biggest single stateless community in the world. But is the international community listening, and will it do anything about it? Presenter: Hashem Ahelbarra Guests: Phil Roberston - Deputy Director - Human Rights Watch, Asia Kim Jolliffe - Independent consultant working with development and humanitarian organisations in Myanmar Tun Khin - President - U.K Burmese Rohingya Organisation - Subscribe to our channel: http://ift.tt/291RaQr - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: http://ift.tt/1iHo6G4 - Check our website: http://ift.tt/snsTgS
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