UN calls on Myanmar to grant citizenship to Rohingya

The UN refugee agency has called on Myanmar to grant citizenship to the persecuted Rohingya Muslims. 

The UN refugee agency has called on Myanmar to grant citizenship to the persecuted Rohingya Muslims. 

 “It’s important to work on granting citizenship to the Muslim community, that has been deprived of citizenship for many years,” UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi told reporters in the Thai capital, Bangkok, on Friday. 

 Grandi’s remarks came a day after he concluded his visit to Myanmar, where he met communities in the towns of Sittwe and Maungdaw in Rakhine state, where the Rohingya community is mainly based, as well as Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar’s de facto leader. 

 The head of the UN refugee agency also highlighted the necessity of “development investments” in the region, which he described as “one of the poorest states in the Union of Myanmar.”