Burmee Colony

Burmee Colony
برمی کالونی
Neighbourhood
Country Pakistan
ProvinceSindh
CityKarachi
TownLandhi Town

The Burmee Colony (often referred to as Burmi Colony, Burma Colony[1][2]) (Urdu: برمی کالونی) () is one of the neighbourhoods of Landhi Subdivisions in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.[3][4][5]

Burmee Colony is a Rohingya-majority neighbourhood in Karachi. Burmee Colony ("Burma Colony" locality) is one of the two main Rohingya settlements in Karachi.[6] The other one is Arkanabad in Karachi.[2][7][1] Arkanabad is named after Rakhine State, Myanmar (also known as Arakan, Burma)[8]

Rohingya Muslims (Urdu: روہنگیا مسلمان), an ethnic group native to Rakhine State, Myanmar (also known as Arakan, Burma), who have fled their homeland because of the persecution of Muslims by the Burmese government and Buddhist majority.[8]

  1. ^ a b Agency, Anadolu (2019-08-25). "Karachi's Rohingyas strive for success instead of identity". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2021-08-27.
  2. ^ a b "Rohingya Muslims in Pakistan decry global silence". The Express Tribune. 2020-08-23. Retrieved 2021-08-27.
  3. ^ Landhi Town - Government of Karachi Archived February 19, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Hasan, Shazia (2017-09-16). "Rohingyas of Karachi struggle to deal with identity crisis". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
  5. ^ https://www.ecp.gov.pk/Documents/Delimitation2013/Sindh%20Province.PDF [bare URL PDF] [dead link]
  6. ^ "Rohingya in Karachi: Striving for success". www.aa.com.tr. Retrieved 2021-08-25.
  7. ^ "Rohingya in Karachi: Striving for success". www.aa.com.tr. Retrieved 2021-08-27.
  8. ^ a b Flood, Derek Henry (12 May 2008). "From South to South: Refugees as Migrants: The Rohingya in Pakistan". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 26 December 2016.