Burmee Colony برمی کالونی | |
|---|---|
Neighbourhood | |
| Country |  Pakistan |
| Province | Sindh |
| City | Karachi |
| Town | Landhi Town |
TheBurmee Colony (often referred to asBurmi Colony, Burma Colony[1][2]) (Urdu:برمی کالونی) () is one of the neighbourhoods ofLandhi Subdivisions inKarachi,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 afterRakhine State,Myanmar (also known as Arakan, Burma)[8]
RohingyaMuslims (Urdu:روہنگیا مسلمان), an ethnic group native toRakhine State,Myanmar (also known as Arakan, Burma), who have fled their homeland because of thepersecution of Muslims by the Burmese government andBuddhist majority.[8]
According to community leaders and social scientists, there are over 1.6 million Bengalis and up to 400,000 Rohingyas living in Karachi.[9]
There are several ethnic groups residing in this colony includingUrdu-speaking people,Sindhis,Kashmiris,Seraikis,Pakhtuns,Balochis,Memons,Bohras,Ismailis andChristians.[3][4][5]
Hundreds of thousands over the past several years Rohingya Muslims (often referred to as Burmese) have made Karachi their home.[6][10]
This neighborhood is named after theMuslimRohingyas refugees who hail fromMyanmar (formerlyBurma).[3][4][5]
Large scaleRohingya migration to Karachi madeKarachi one of the largest population centres of Rohingyas in the world after Myanmar.[11]
According to community leaders and social scientists, there are over 1.6 million Bengalis and up to 400,000 Rohingyas living in Karachi, which is the highest number afterMyanmar and nowBangladesh.[9][6]
Their large-scale migration had made Karachi one of the largest Rohingya population centres outside Myanmar but afterwards the situation started turning against them.
