Union immigration minister U Khin Yi said so called Rohingya would be dealed in accord with 1982 citizenship Law. What we know is that Law is deliberately enacted to strip Rohingya of their citizenship after they had been repatriated in 1978. Almost all Rohingyas in the camps held National Registration Cards which at that time was nationality card. According to existing laws then no foreigners could hold NRCs. Foreigners were issued FRCs: Foreigner Registration Cards. The possession of the NRCs by refugees compelled Burma to receive back the refugees as her citizens. Thenceforth U Nay Win got a second thought to make NRCs null and void. There came the 1982 new citizenship Law which implicitly abrogated the legal value of NRCs. There after NRCs holders are not recognized as citizens though these NRCs stood as genuine nationality cards until recently. In 1990 as well as in 2010 elections NRC holders could compete in the elections. Daw Aung San Su Kyi contested in last year interim election with that NRC. On the other hand NRC holding Rohingyas are alleged to be illegal immigrants. Their NRCs were seized and substituted with so called white cards, which has no legal value. If NRC of Rohingya is accepted as nationality cards as in case of others, all Rohingyas are entitled to obtain nationality scrutiny cards under 1982 citizenship law. But things in Myanmar are not going like this. Formerly one without holding either NRC or FRC could not live freely in the country. A man without any registration cards would be arrested, imprisoned and lastly deported according to Myanmar immigration Law. It is a wonder how one million plus Rohingyas could live for generations in Myanmar if they are foreigners or illegal immigrants as Myanmar government accuses now. U Khin Yi said in the above meeting that 1982 citizenship Law recognizes as citizens who formerly were naturalized, not those who hold NRCs. He further said Rohingya who could not prove three back generalizations could not have the right to apply for naturalization, but they will be issued white cards which actually have no legal value under any existing law. This dilemma is a creation of present government
Posted on: Sun, 01 Sep 2013 23:34:24 +0000
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