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Rohingya also have the well-founded view that the NVC process is a deliberate
attempt by the authorities to force Rohingya to concede they are foreigners who do not have
Myanmar citizenship.145 The application form for the NVC requires applicants to provide
information on “ethnicity and nationality, date and entry into Myanmar and place of arrival,
vehicle and transport route into Myanmar”, all of which implies they came from elsewhere.
The NVC states that the cardholder is someone who needs to apply for citizenship. This
language implies that Rohingya are outsiders and plays into the false hate-filled narratives
of Rohingya as “Bengali intruders”. This language on the NVC implies the cardholder is
not already a citizen.
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Copy of application form received from refugees in June 2019, on file with the Mission.
CI-293, FI-015, FI-042, FM-003, Aljazeera, Rohingya suspicious as Myanmar touts repatriation plan,
30 July 2019, Human Rights Watch, Rohingya refugees disappointed again, 31 July 2019, Rohingya
Refugees Disappointed Again: Myanmar Delegation Fails to Make Convincing Case for Safe Return,
31 July 2019, available from https://reliefweb.int/report/bangladesh/rohingya-refugees-disappointedagain-myanmar-delegation-fails-make-convincing-case.
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