The Stateless Rohingya Blog

By The Sun Daily July 06, 2014 A RECENT documentary on CNN shows the Rohingya are discriminated, persecuted and deported by their own authorities to Bangladesh. We know Bangladesh is a poor country, with little resources to accommodate these people. They end up living in squatter camps in the most miserable conditions. They have no passports, are deemed stateless hence, have nowhere to go. The UNHRC is giving lukewarm support, with no solution in sight for these people. Since this is taking place within Asean, why is there no effort being made to address this shameful situation? Where is the moral conscience of Malaysia and Indonesia? Why are the rich Middle East countries keeping quiet? A concerned citizen

Muslim Rohingha asylum seeker Nuru, 24, with her one month old baby, Muhammad Ayik, at a Thai government shelter in Khao lak, southern Thailand. AFP The Sun Daily: 26 February 2013  KHAO LAK, Thailand (Feb 26, 2013): Homeless, hungry and nine months pregnant Nuru boarded a rickety boat filled with Rohingya asylum seekers fleeing a wave of deadly sectarian violence in western Myanmar. Six days later she gave birth at sea, far from any hospitals or doctors. Since Buddhist-Muslim tensions exploded last June in Myanmar's Rakhine State, thousands of Rohingya boat people - including a growing number of women and children - have joined an exodus from the former junta-ruled country. Those who arrived in neighbouring Thailand have been "helped on" by the Thai navy towards Malaysia further south or detained as illegal immigrants. Hundreds are feared to have drowned along the way while others were rescued as far away as Sri Lanka. ...