Plight of the Rohingya minority in Myanmar/Burma
At a Glance
15-09-2017
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. This text updates an earlier 'at a glance note', published in February 2017 - PE 599.257.
At a Glance
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- aid to refugees
- Asia and Oceania
- Burma/Myanmar
- cooperation policy
- economic geography
- ethnic cleansing
- ethnic discrimination
- European construction
- EUROPEAN UNION
- GEOGRAPHY
- human rights
- international law
- INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
- international security
- LAW
- military regime
- Muslim
- political framework
- POLITICS
- politics and public safety
- protection of minorities
- religious discrimination
- repression
- rights and freedoms
- social framework
- SOCIAL QUESTIONS
- stateless person
- the EU's international role