YANGON: The Myanmar government said it has provided shelters to over 100,000 displaced Rohingya in Rakhine state.
More than 140,000 of them were displaced after communal fighting broke out last year.
The rest will also get proper shelters once construction is complete.
The government said this is a temporary resettlement plan.
Things have remained relatively calm in Rakhine. There have been no major violent outbreaks as security forces are on the ground.
Security forces are providing protection for the Rohingya located in the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps.
Authorities said that they are not restricting movements of Rohingya, as they were previously accused of, and they are not preventing them from leaving the IDP camps.
But they felt it was safer for them to stay within the compound as the security forces will then be able to protect the Rohingya.
This will also ensure that the Rohingya do not end up clashing with ethnic Rakhine people and lead to even more violence and harm.
Through international funding and contributions, the government earlier said it will be also building temporary clinics and schools in Rakhine to cater to essential needs of the people.
Rohingya are seen as illegal immigrants and considered as outsiders who should not be living in Myanmar, while the Rohingya argue that they belong in the country.
Both the ethnic Rakhine and Rohingya have chosen to segregate themselves and live separately.
The government said this is the best solution - to have the two groups living separately from each other - because that will prevent them from fighting each other.
The separation will also give the two groups time to resolve their differences.
The government has also said it is trying to create more jobs, which might help to alleviate tensions between the two groups. By working together for a common cause, they might be able to regain some sort of trust and confidence with each other.
Myanmar's Industry Minister Aye Myint said: "We need to wait for a time, maybe a reasonable time when the both communities will have probably mutual understanding and trust between each other. We cannot force them... because they have their feelings. They suffered. So that's why we need time, for a reasonable time, reasonable period."
Deputy Foreign Minister Thant Kyaw said the religious and ethnic incidents which happened in Myanmar did not spill over to other countries.
He said the government is trying its best to restore peace in Rakhine and trying to control the violence within its own country.
He said Myanmar condemns any acts of violence or bombings, which affects the peace and stability of a country, and that Myanmar is equally concerned and anxious as well when violence occurs at monuments or sites.
The country wants to promote inter-faith dialogues and understanding within Myanmar.
Source: http://www.news.myanmaronlinecentre.com/2013/07/10/shelters-provided-to-100000-displaced-rohingya-myanmar-govt/
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