The Stateless Rohingya Blog

Some of the Myanmar refugee women and children crouch under a water tank for shade. NEW DELHI: Fifty odd families seek refuge from the searing heat of the Delhi summer under twig-and-plastic-sheet homes clumped together on a patch of wasteland in Madanpur Khadar. Some of the women and children crouch under a water tank for shade. But they're not complaining. While the Rohingyas of Myanmar's Rakhine province may well be living a dog's life in the slums of Delhi, they believe it's a tad better than being persecuted by the military junta in Myanmar.

At least 90,000 people have now been displaced by the conflict in Western Burma. Photographer captures plight of Burmese Rohingya (Credit:  ABC )    And with the monsoon season getting underway, a refugee crisis is looming, with the World Food Program saying it's provided food to  more  than 65,000 people and estimating a further 25,000 are in need of help.

By Jacob Zenn  The recent inter-ethnic riots between Rakhine and Rohingya communities in Myanmar highlight some of the major human security issues the country must face as it embarks on democratization and peace-building processes. While there are no questions asked about the citizenship of 135 officially recognized ethnic groups across Myanmar, the majority of which straddle the country's borderlands with India, Bangladesh, China and Thailand, the Rohingya are viewed by the state as outsiders.