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education, illiteracy levels stand at 80%. They are unable to
obtain birth certificates for their children and have no per-
mission to marry. They cannot own land or property. They
have no right to build concrete houses and can only live in
ones made of timber, bamboo or clay, and these can easily be
destroyed when attacked.
It is a known fact that the Rohingya people, regarded as "illegal
immigrants" in Myanmar since 1978, are subjected to a policy of
oppression and persecution. These policies have been stepped up
since June 2012. From that time on, 240 people have lost their lives,
mainly Muslims living in the province of Rakhine, and more than
250,000 have been displaced.
