Rohingya:
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Rohingya is ethnic minority group, largely comprising Muslims living primarily in Myanmar’s western Rakhine state.
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They practice a Sufi-inflected variation of Sunni Islam.
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They differ from Myanmar’s dominant Buddhist groups religiously, ethnically and linguistically.
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They speak Bengali dialect, as opposed to commonly spoken Burmese language in Myanmar.
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Myanmar considers Rohingya’s as illegal Bengali immigrants, despite fact that many of them have resided in Rakhine province of Myanmar for centuries.
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The Myanmar government even refuses to grant them citizenship status, and as a result they do not have any legal documentation, effectively making them stateless.
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They are also restricted from freedom of movement, state education and civil service jobs
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UN has often described Rohingyas as one of the most persecuted minorities in the world.
