16 Roni Sulistyanto Luhukay The Struggle to Accept Rohingya Refugees .. government should prioritize national interest considerations when dealing with Rohingya refugees. In addition, there must be a firm stance on limiting the number of refugees accommodated and the duration of their temporary stay. since the seventh century AD. Today, approximately 600,000 Rohingya live in Myanmar. The Rohingya are a Muslim minority who have been living in western Myanmar for centuries. Despite having lived in Myanmar for centuries, the Myanmar government considers the Rohingya to be part of the Bengali ethnic group, which is why they are not recognized as one of Myanmar's ethnic groups, preventing them from obtaining Myanmar residency permits. Since 1978, the Rohingya community has faced a variety of human rights violations, including genocide.24 The Rohingya's freedom of movement is severely restricted, and the majority of them are not recognized as Myanmar residents. Rohingya Muslims were also expelled from Myanmar and killed; their homes were burned down, resulting in a large number of deaths, including children and women. The Myanmar government's gross human rights violations against the Rohingya constitute crimes against humanity and have resulted in forced evictions. Forced eviction here refers to the use of systematic actions. The Rohingya were subjected to ethnic cleansing both structurally and legally, which escalated into violence against the Rohingya ethnic group. Civil registration issues also arise for Rohingya children, which has administrative implications because they lack documents proving their identity. Undocumented Rohingya children become even more vulnerable as they are forced to flee Myanmar in search of refuge. Rohingya children face few options for crossing international borders because they are METHOD In this study, the author employs normative legal research, which focuses on literature and law study. According to Philipus M. Hadjon and Tatiek Sri Djatmiati, normative legal research always departs from the nature of legal science as practiced in legal science.20 In accordance with that, Peter Mahmud Marzuki discovered that legal research, also known as legal research, is legal research that employs aspects of the approach, the statutory approach (the statutory approach), and aspects of the conceptual approach.21 The author of the statutory approach (Statute Approach) describes the hierarchy and principles of legislation, conventions, and protocols.22 Furthermore, in this study, the author employs aspects of a conceptual approach, in which the author attempts to describe legal concepts by departing from the legal views of experts and doctrines that emerge in science in the field of law, both national and international.23 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION A. Legal Protection of Rohingnya Refugees in Human Rights Perspective The Rohingya are an ethnic group in Myanmar. The Rohingya people originated in the northern townships of Rakhine State, which are also known as Arakan, in Myanmar's western region 20 Hadjon, P. M., and Djatmiati, T. S. (2016). Argumen Hukum, Surabaya. Gadjah Mada University Press, Cetakan Ke 7, 2016, hal 3. 21 Ibrahim, J. (2010). Teori dan Metode Penelitian Hukum Normatif, cet ke-3. Malang: Bayumedia Publishing. Hal 93 22 Peter Mahmud Marzuki, (2005). Penelitian hukum, Edisi Revisi, Jakarta, Kencana. Hal 136. 23 Ibid, hal 177. 24 ani, D. (2013). Peran office of the high commissioner for human right dalam penyelesaian kasus genosida etnis rohingya di myanmar (1978-2012). Jurnal Hubungan Internasional, 1(2), 50. Hal 42