Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh and Thailand
In addition, it should be noted that the sources use different terms to refer to Burma or Myanmar
and to Rhakine State or Arakan. Likewise, the sources used different terms to refer to the Rohingya
people such as Myanmarese nationals and Muslim people from North Rakhine State. Furthermore,
the distinction between Rohingya people in the refugee camps and Rohingya outside the camps
were referred to as documented and undocumented people as well as registered and unregistered
people. In this report the terms used are the ones used by the individual interlocutor.
This report is not a detailed or comprehensive survey of all issues concerning the Rohingya or their
situation in Bangladesh and Thailand. The information provided in this report is the information of
most direct relevance to typical asylum claims made in Denmark.
In the report, care is taken to present the views of the various interlocutors as accurately and
transparently as possible. It is inevitable that this report will contain some seemingly contradictory
statements. However, it should be noted that the report has been produced to accurately reflect, as
far as possible, the information communicated to the delegation in the various meetings and does
not contain any opinions or policies held by DIS.
The delegation would like to express its gratitude for the assistance and extensive support provided
by UNHCR in Bangladesh during its field visit to Cox‟s Bazar and the refugee camps, as well as the
assistance provided by the Royal Danish Embassy in Dhaka, Bangladesh and Bangkok, Thailand
during its preparations for the mission.
The mission delegation and editorial team comprised Chief Adviser Else Øllgaard and Regional
Adviser Rikke Blaaberg Jensen, the Danish Immigration Service.
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