Preventing and addressing violence and atrocities against minorities 2014, para. 33
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In October 2012, the Special Rapporteur and other independent United Nations experts expressed deep concern over continuing intercommunal violence in Rakhine State, Myanmar, resulting in killings, destruction of homes and mass displacement of mostly Rohingya Muslims. They called on the Government to urgently address the underlying causes of the conflict between the Buddhist and Muslim communities, which included the denial of citizenship to Rohingya. They stressed that the situation must not become an opportunity to permanently remove an unwelcome community, and expressed deep concern about the assertion of the Government that Rohingya were illegal immigrants and stateless persons.