The Muslim Rohingya have consistently faced human rights abuses by the Burmese regime which has refused to acknowledge them as citizens ( despite generations of habitation in the country ) and attempted to forcibly expel Rohingya and bring in non-Rohingyas to replace them . This policy has resulted in the expulsion of approximately half of the Rohingya population from Burma . An estimated 90,000 people have been displaced in the recent sectarian violence between Rohingya Muslims and Buddhists in Burma 's western Rakhine State . As a result of this policy Rohingya people have been described as " among the world ’s least wanted " and " one of the world 's most persecuted minorities "
sectarian violence
2012 Rakhine State riots
Human rights in Myanmar