Thank you Madame Chair, <<Grateful to be here>> in Rohingya My name is Yasmin Ullah, and I am a Rohingya –an indigenous group that belongs to Arakan, Myanmar I currently serve as the Board Chair of Alternative ASEAN Network for Burma. As a UN Minority Fellow this year, I express my deep gratitude to have been a part of an important movement for change that is the fellowship programme. My hope today is to shed light on a small part of the Rohingya struggle as a refugee community in Indonesia. As the Myanmar state has perpetrated genocide against Rohingya, my people have had to seek refuge in the neighbouring countries. Last week, a number of boats arrived in Northern Sumatra carrying over 1,000 Rohingya refugees increasing the number of Rohingya refugees in the country by 33%.These desperate journeys place heavy burden on the ill-equipped ASEAN infrastructure. It leaves a gaping hole in the Rohingya crisis response and further fuels the hate campaign against Rohingya. For the existing refugee children, though educational opportunities are in place, their access is never truly secure simply because they are seen as refugees first before they are seen as children. If we fail Rohingya children, can we truly build a cohesive ASEAN? For socioeconomic empowerment of Rohingya in ASEAN, I implore relevant stakeholders and states to take the following measures. 1. To build a strong cohesive society, all stakeholders must invest in countering the hateful narratives towards Rohingya and other minority groups in ASEAN through meaningful dialogue, influencing narrative change and centering Rohingya in all discussions related to us. 2. To ensure that Rohingya in Indonesia and other host countries become self-reliant, relevant stakeholders must push for Rohingya socio-economic inclusion at all levels, especially the right to education for children, capacity building for the Rohingya community overall, and access to livelihood. Thank you.