2014 Census in Burma must be universal and inclusive of Rohingya : Rohingya organizations

SINGAPORE, May 6 (Bernama) -- Several Rohingya organisations have made a call for the 2014 census in Myanmar to be universal and inclusive of the Rohingya people.

The call was made by the Arakan Rohingya National Organisation (ARNO), Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK (BROUK), Burmese Rohingya Association Japan (BRAJ), Burmese Rohingya Community in Australia (BRCA), Burmese Rohingya Community in Norway (BRCN), Burmese Rohingya Association in Thailand (BRAT) and Burmese Rohingya for Democracy in Burma (RLDB) in a joint statement, here, Sunday.

They said recently the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) agreed to support Myanmar's proposed 2014 population and housing census.

"But Rights groups worry that if not conducted properly, the census could marginalise minorities such as the Rohingyas or those living in one of Myanmar's many conflict areas.

"No true census has ever taken place in Myanmar, and great injustice has been done to the ethnic Rohingyas.

-- BERNAMA

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