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"en.20150521.7.4-125-000"2
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"Mr President, the last few weeks have seen much debate in Europe about our own migrant challenges in the Mediterranean, and the plight of those fleeing their countries from persecution and economic disaster in the Middle East and in North Africa.
The long-suffering and persecuted Rohingya Muslim minority in Burma is now creating the same pattern of push and pull factors in South-East Asia. But I am pleased to note that in the last few days we have seen both Indonesia and Malaysia agree to take up to 7 000 people on a temporary basis, and even today, in the last few hours, the President of Gambia has announced his intention to offer permanent refugee status to all of the Rohingya refugees.
In the longer term, however, the only way to solve the problem is to remove the factors that are forcing people to attempt such perilous journeys. The economic discrimination and persecution against the Rohingya in Burma is a well-documented and long-standing issue and more must be done to tackle it.
I am pleased that the opposition party in Burma of Aung San Suu Kyi has now issued a statement calling for an end to discrimination and to denial of citizenship. We in the European Union should do more to press for changes in our dealings with Burma-Myanmar as it looks to open up its markets and seeks EU aid and investment."@en1
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