They only started calling themselves Rohingya, which is an invented identity, recently, and never had, in this view, a wholehearted loyalty to Burma, wanting at the time of independence in 1947 to be part of Pakistan, or to have a state of their own, and thereafter seeking maximum autonomy. Therefore, a “resettlement” plan now being put into practice by the Yangon government is fair, because it will allow Rohingya who can prove that their families have lived in Burma for 60 years or more to become naturalised citizens, while those who cannot will face deportation.