[Script Info] Title: [Events] Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.93,0:00:03.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hundreds of people wait to be registered Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.33,0:00:06.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as immigration officials and security forces stand by Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.17,0:00:10.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those born before 1982 are being checked Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.45,0:00:13.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to see if they are eligible for Burmese citizenship Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.89,0:00:19.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In a camp of 3000 people, 700 are being registered in this pilot programme Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.25,0:00:22.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But in order for a person to gain citizenship Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.99,0:00:26.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they must be able to prove that they or their parents lived in the country Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.87,0:00:29.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before independence in 1948 Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.15,0:00:35.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If they have the documents to prove this, they're in with a chance of becoming a naturalized citizen Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.09,0:00:39.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Though most Rohingya people don't have the necessary papers Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.24,0:00:43.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Human rights groups have slammed the 1982 law, Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.18,0:00:48.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for effectively denying the Rohingyas citizenship and rendering them stateless Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.28,0:00:51.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're not forcing us - they said it's okay if we don't want to take part Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.64,0:00:54.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we can register at our own will Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.32,0:00:58.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Maybaung, there are 3 choices of ethnic identification: Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.94,0:01:01.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Kahman, Bengali, or nothing at all Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.75,0:01:05.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- making the process awkward for those who identify as Rohingya Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.80,0:01:07.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What ethincity do most people here identify themselves as? Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.06,0:01:08.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mostly Bengali Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.09,0:01:12.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Over 400 people have been registered so far Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.45,0:01:16.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Officials here will collect the personal data and send it to Naypyidaw Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.52,0:01:20.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where a central board will decide who will eligible for citizenship Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.63,0:01:23.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Critics of the law say the process is baised Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.32,0:01:26.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and set up to ensure Rohingya won't get citizenship Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.89,0:01:29.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the camp residents que up anyway Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.73,0:01:32.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,More out of desperation, than any real hope