Some 143,000 are now living
in what were meant to be temporary camps after violent race riots in 2012, but
with no end in sight.
As far as Myanmar's
government is concerned, they are foreign immigrants, despite references to
their existence here dating back centuries.
Accusations have been made
of a systematic campaign of genocide against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar.
A report by Yale University
has found there was strong evidence large numbers of the minority group are
being deliberately persecuted by the country's government, with many killed.
Following race riots in
2012, which it is claimed were orchestrated by the military, more than 140,000
Rohingyas were relocated to ghetto-like camps.
Sky's Asia Correspondent
Katie Stallard reports from one of them, in Sittwe, Rakhine state.
Hussein-Ara Begum's baby is
sick and clearly distressed.
They're waiting in the hot
sun outside the clinic in the camp for internally displaced people (IDP) where
they live.
His head has grown
abnormally large. She doesn't know what's wrong with him.
Hussein-Ara and her baby
are Rohingya Muslims - one of the world's most vulnerable minorities.
They are stateless. The
Rohingya's citizenship was revoked in 1982.
The young mother explains
quietly that her husband died on board a people smuggler's boat last year - he
was trying to reach Malaysia to earn money to send back.
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