What is Rohingya people?
[[File:Displaced Rohingya people in Rakhine State (8280610831) (cropped).jpg|thumb|The Rohingya people]] The '''Rohingya''' are an Aryan [[ethnic group]] of Southeast Asia, considered as Gypsy of Burma.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://worldcrunch.com/world-affairs/the-most-persecuted-minority-in-the-world-the-gypsies-of-burma | title=The Most Persecuted Minority in the World: The 'Gypsies' of Burma - Worldcrunch }}</ref> They are [[Muslims]]. They live in the [[Arakan State]] in western [[Myanmar]] (or Burma), and in the [[Chittagong Hill Tracts]] in south-eastern [[Bangladesh]]. They are not [[citizen]]s of either Burma or Bangladesh. Starting from 2017, many Rohingya [[refugee]]s began to arrive in Bangladesh in order to escape the [[genocide]] against them in Myanmar. == History == The Rohingya say that they are native to the region now known as Arakan. They are the product of the mixing of different cultures. The Rohingya are quite different than other people in Burma. While most people in Burma are [[Buddhist]] and speak [[Burmese language|Burmese]], the Rohingya are [[Muslim]] and speak the [[Rohingya language]], which is quite similar to the [[Bengali language]] spoken in the neighboring country of Bangladesh. Because of these differences, a lot of people look down on the Rohingya and treat them wrong. They are worried that the Rohingya are not loyal to Burma and will try to take over the country, even though Rohingya are outnumbered by other groups. The Burmese government does not like the Rohingya people. They say that the Rohingya are Bengalis and do not belong in the country. Because of this, Rohingyas cannot do things that other people in Burma can, such as go to school and [[vote]]. In the 2010s, the Burmese government started to put the Rohingya in [[concentration camps]] and not allow them to leave. They also took away their ID cards so that they can't say that they were seen as Burmese citizens in the past. In 2017, the Burmese army started burning down Rohingya villages. They also killed a lot