Organised Influx of Illegal Migrants From Myanmar, Some Rohingya Migrants Have Links With Pak Based Terror Groups: Centre To Delhi HC
2 years, 3 months ago

Organised Influx of Illegal Migrants From Myanmar, Some Rohingya Migrants Have Links With Pak Based Terror Groups: Centre To Delhi HC

Live Law  

The Centre Wednesday informed Delhi High Court that it has "contemporaneous data from security agencies" and inputs indicating that "some unauthorised Rohingya migrants" are linked to Pakistan based terror organisations and similar groups operating in other countries.The Foreigners Regional Registration Office, Delhi - which has made the submissions on behalf of Union of India also, further. The Centre Wednesday informed Delhi High Court that it has "contemporaneous data from security agencies" and inputs indicating that "some unauthorised Rohingya migrants" are linked to Pakistan based terror organisations and similar groups operating in other countries. The Foreigners Regional Registration Office, Delhi - which has made the submissions on behalf of Union of India also, further told the court that "an organised influx of illegal migrants from Myanmar through agents and facilitating illegal Rohingya migrants" into the country is seriously harming the national security. Responding to the family's prayer, the Centre said granting exit permit to "illegal migrants like the Petitioner mother" would have a bearing upon similarly placed cases from other refugees.

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On India’s international obligations towards Rohingya refugees | Explained
16 hours, 2 minutes ago

On India’s international obligations towards Rohingya refugees | Explained

The Hindu  

The story so far: A recent study examining the plight of Rohingya refugees detained in India, conducted jointly by The Azadi Project, a U.S.-registered non-profit, and Refugees International, an American organisation advocating for displaced populations, has highlighted “gross violations of constitutional and human rights” and criticised India’s “failure to uphold its obligations under international human rights treaties.” Based on interviews …

Delhi Assembly Election | Controversy Erupts over Voter Rolls, Illegal Immigrants, and Rohingya Refugees
3 days, 14 hours ago

Delhi Assembly Election | Controversy Erupts over Voter Rolls, Illegal Immigrants, and Rohingya Refugees

The Hindu  

Published : Dec 21, 2024 20:58 IST - 8 MINS READ As Delhi gears up for its Assembly election, a political slugfest has erupted between the ruling Aam Aadmi Party and the BJP over alleged irregularities in the electoral roll. While the BJP has accused AAP of increasing its support base with “illegal voters,” particularly undocumented Bangladeshi and Rohingya migrants, …

Atishi writes to Shah over presence of Rohingya; Puri says AAP govt. ‘playing host’
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1 week, 2 days ago

Atishi writes to Shah over presence of Rohingya; Puri says AAP govt. ‘playing host’

The Hindu  

Delhi Chief Minister Atishi on Sunday wrote to Union Home Minister Amit Shah and questioned how did “illegal Rohingya” reach the Capital from across the country’s border with Myanmar “without getting detected”. She also reiterated her party’s stance that the “illegal” Muslim refugees from Myanmar were “settled in large numbers” in Delhi by the BJP-led Centre, citing an over two-year-old …

Atishi Writes To Shah Over Rohingyas Row In Delhi, Accuses Centre Of 'Conscious Decision' To Settle Refugees
1 week, 2 days ago

Atishi Writes To Shah Over Rohingyas Row In Delhi, Accuses Centre Of 'Conscious Decision' To Settle Refugees

ABP News  

As the ruling AAP and BJP continue to hit out at each other amid the ongoing row over Rohingyas and Bangladeshis staying illegally in the national capital, Delhi Chief Minister Atishi wrote to Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday, slamming the central government for its "conscious decision" of settling illegal migrant Rohingya refugees in different parts of the city. …

A nuanced and compassionate understanding of Rohingya’s flight is the need of the hour
1 week, 2 days ago

A nuanced and compassionate understanding of Rohingya’s flight is the need of the hour

The Hindu  

The presence of Rohingya community within India is progressively becoming an issue of political blame-game and some political actors are busy pedalling mass anxiety without factoring in the complex multiplicity of vectors related to the issue, including the growing importance of the issue globally. They have accused the ruling National Conference government of protecting the settlers by providing them with …

Northeastern View | Rohingya refugees entering India through the Northeast need humanitarian assistance, not punishment
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Northeastern View | Rohingya refugees entering India through the Northeast need humanitarian assistance, not punishment

Hindustan Times  

On the evening of July 30, police in Tripura arrested six women from Bangladesh who had allegedly crossed over to India illegally. The detentions, once again, bring to sharp relief the role of Northeast India as a key asylum route for Rohingya refugees. Rohingya refugees and the Northeast For long, Rohingya refugees have entered India through Northeast India, which shares …

Invisible suffering of Rohingya refugees
6 months ago

Invisible suffering of Rohingya refugees

The Hindu  

At a recent group psychosocial support session for Rohingya women refugees in Delhi, women burst into laughter when the therapist asked about feeling anxious at night. Most of them fled Myanmar between 2012 and 2017 when the Myanmar military started the “clearance operation,” killing Rohingya people, raping women, and destroying their villages in Rakhine state. While there has been considerable …

Violence in Myanmar Forces 45,000 Rohingya to Flee
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Violence in Myanmar Forces 45,000 Rohingya to Flee

Deccan Chronicle  

The United Nations has reported that intensifying violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine State has driven 45,000 Rohingya to seek refuge, amid accusations of severe human rights violations including beheadings and burnings of property. Renewed clashes erupted after the Arakan Army attacked government forces in November, breaking a ceasefire that had lasted since a 2021 military coup. The Rohingya, a Muslim minority …

Muslim portal 'Maktoob Media' peddles victimhood of illegal Rohingyas in India, bats for their citizenship
7 months ago

Muslim portal 'Maktoob Media' peddles victimhood of illegal Rohingyas in India, bats for their citizenship

Op India  

Maktoob Media, a website which focuses on creating a false narrative of Muslim victimhood on the 24th of May shared a video where they spoke to illegal Rohingya Muslims living in India. The video aimed to show how Rohingya Muslims deserve citizenship in India just like CAA extended expedited citizenship to those minorities persecuted in neighbouring Muslim-majority countries. pic.twitter.com/jGcFe1b4Vn — …

India says new law saves persecuted refugees. Rohingya ask ‘Why not us?’
8 months, 4 weeks ago

India says new law saves persecuted refugees. Rohingya ask ‘Why not us?’

Al Jazeera  

As New Delhi claims to help persecuted minorities in South Asia through the law, the mainly Muslim refugees from Myanmar face deportation. Kolkata, India – Muhammad Hamin has been unable to sleep at night since March 8 when the government of the northeast Indian state of Manipur ordered the deportation of Rohingya refugees. Three days after the Manipur government began …

Conflict in Myanmar is worrying India and Bangladesh: Hasan Mahmud
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Conflict in Myanmar is worrying India and Bangladesh: Hasan Mahmud

The Hindu  

February 07, 2024 11:32 pm | Updated 11:33 pm IST - NEW DELHI The escalating conflict between Myanmar’s military and ethnic armed organisations is a matter of concern for both India and Bangladesh as both countries share borders with Myanmar, the Foreign Minister of Bangladesh Hasan Mahmud said in New Delhi on Wednesday. Myanmar border guards and military personnel who …

Bangladesh Once Again Cries Foul Over Rohingya Issue With India
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Bangladesh Once Again Cries Foul Over Rohingya Issue With India

ABP News  

New Delhi: Foreign Minister of Bangladesh Hasan Mahmud Wednesday once again discussed the issue of growing number of Rohingya refugees in that country and how it has become a security challenge for Dhaka during his maiden visit to India in the current capacity. The two-day visit began Tuesday during which time Mahmud met External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and National …

NIA charge-sheets three Myanmar nationals in human trafficking case
10 months, 2 weeks ago

NIA charge-sheets three Myanmar nationals in human trafficking case

The Hindu  

The National Investigation Agency has filed a charge-sheet against three Myanmar nationals in a major international human trafficking case allegedly involving illegal trafficking and infiltration of foreign nationals, primarily of Rohingya origin, into India across the India-Bangladesh border. Such women were then sold for forced marriages across various Indian States, including Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Jammu & Kashmir, Telangana, Haryana, etc.,” …

Dozens of Rohingya refugees flee Malaysian immigration detention centre
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Dozens of Rohingya refugees flee Malaysian immigration detention centre

Al Jazeera  

Police blame riot after 115 Rohingya and 16 other people from Myanmar escaped the facility on Thursday night. Malaysia is searching for dozens of Rohingya refugees and other people from Myanmar after they escaped from a temporary immigration detention centre in the country’s north. Other people from Myanmar have sought sanctuary in Malaysia amid a deepening civil war since the …

The need for a refugee law
1 year ago

The need for a refugee law

Hindustan Times  

The intensified fighting in Myanmar has exacerbated the refugee crisis in Mizoram. The refugee influx is not surprising since the borders are porous and communities living in the two countries share ethnic ties – the Kuki-Zomi people residing in the Patkai Hills, which divide India and Myanmar may have different nationalities but share community solidarity. These diverse responses reflect the …

The petition challenging Rohingya refugees’ ‘illegal detention’ in India | Explained
1 year, 2 months ago

The petition challenging Rohingya refugees’ ‘illegal detention’ in India | Explained

The Hindu  

The story so far: Shadiya, a 22-year-old, has spent three years detained in a ‘holding’ centre for Rohingya refugees; separated from her child, she lives in a closed space without sunlight, described as big enough to barely spread one’s mattress. A writ petition in the Supreme Court on October 10 challenged the hostile and dehumanising conditions many Rohingya refugees like …

UN refugee chief says Rohingya who fled Myanmar must not be forgotten during other world crises
1 year, 2 months ago

UN refugee chief says Rohingya who fled Myanmar must not be forgotten during other world crises

Associated Press  

BANGKOK — The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees urged the international community on Tuesday not to forget the plight of ethnic Rohingya refugees from Myanmar in the midst of many other world crises. Speaking on the sidelines of a regional meeting on Rohingya refugee assistance in Bangkok, he emphasized that a ”voluntary, dignified return to Myanmar” by the Rohingya refugees …

Rohingya refugees fled Myanmar only to ‘live in fear’ in India
1 year, 4 months ago

Rohingya refugees fled Myanmar only to ‘live in fear’ in India

Al Jazeera  

In Nuh, the only Muslim-majority district in the state of Haryana, Rohingya refugees live in fear of violence and detention. Nuh, India – Abdul Jabbar, a Rohingya refugee living in a camp 80km from New Delhi, went to a nearby store earlier this month to find out what was keeping his 14-year-old son, who had left hours earlier to buy …

India police arrest 74 Rohingya refugees in latest crackdown
1 year, 5 months ago

India police arrest 74 Rohingya refugees in latest crackdown

Al Jazeera  

The arrested include 14 women and five children living in six districts of Uttar Pradesh state ‘after crossing the border illegally’, police said. Indian police say they have arrested 74 Rohingya refugees for living “illegally” in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh in a move activists condemned as an arbitrary crackdown on people fleeing violence. Those arrested included 55 men, …

UN agencies face funding challenges in feeding Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, official says
1 year, 6 months ago

UN agencies face funding challenges in feeding Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, official says

Associated Press  

DHAKA, Bangladesh — Bangladesh should not bear the burden of more than 1 million Rohingya refugees alone while U.N. agencies are facing challenges to feed them, a United Nations official said Monday. Olivier De Schutter, a U.N. special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, made the statement at the end of a 12-day trip to Bangladesh, where he visited …

HRW condemns Bangladesh, Myanmar on plan to repatriate Rohingya
1 year, 7 months ago

HRW condemns Bangladesh, Myanmar on plan to repatriate Rohingya

Al Jazeera  

Human Rights Watch says Bangladesh ‘shouldn’t forget why Rohingya became refugees’ and recognise that those factors have not changed. The Human Rights Watch has criticised sharply a plan to return Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh to Myanmar, saying it poses “grave risks” to their lives and liberty. “Bangladesh authorities shouldn’t forget the reasons why Rohingya became refugees in the first place, …

Rohingya refugees in arbitrary detention, denied exit permissions by India: Report
1 year, 7 months ago

Rohingya refugees in arbitrary detention, denied exit permissions by India: Report

The Hindu  

May 18, 2023 10:30 pm | Updated May 19, 2023 09:53 am IST - New Delhi India is not allowing exit permissions for Rohingya refugees who have completed refugee status determinations with the UN Refugee Agency and “gained approval from third countries for resettlement,” says a new report titled ‘A Shadow of Refuge: Rohingya Refugees in India’. “Separating Rohingya children …

‘Becoming visible’: India’s first female Rohingya graduate
1 year, 8 months ago

‘Becoming visible’: India’s first female Rohingya graduate

Al Jazeera  

Tasmida Johar is happy she was able to study despite all the odds but wishes other women in her community also had the opportunity. New Delhi, India – Tasmida Johar, India’s first woman graduate from the displaced Rohingya community, says she is going through a “conflicting feeling” these days. “But it makes me sad that I am the first one …

Rohingya campaigners condemn Myanmar’s ‘opaque’ repatriation plan
1 year, 9 months ago

Rohingya campaigners condemn Myanmar’s ‘opaque’ repatriation plan

Al Jazeera  

The Myanmar military’s “pilot project” to repatriate about 1,000 Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh has been met with scepticism, with rights campaigners calling it a “PR campaign”. What guarantee is there that we will be safe if we go back?”, said Alom, who was one of the Rohingya refugees interviewed by the Myanmar delegation. “They were here just to verify information …

Myanmar’s exiled National Unity Government cautiously recognises rights of Rohingyas
2 years ago

Myanmar’s exiled National Unity Government cautiously recognises rights of Rohingyas

The Hindu  

The laws of Myanmar that prompted one of the largest refugee crises in recent decades involving the Rohingya community of the Rakhine province is deeply unpopular among the democratic anti-junta forces. The Hindu was told recently that the ruling military junta is under growing pressure from the “troops” of the National Unity Government which is being “actively engaged” by several …

Information on Rohingya detention centres a ‘secret’, says Union Home Ministry in RTI reply
2 years, 2 months ago

Information on Rohingya detention centres a ‘secret’, says Union Home Ministry in RTI reply

The Hindu  

Months after Ministry of Home Affairs announced on micro blogging site Twitter that it has directed the Delhi Government to declare the “present location” of Rohingya “illegal foreigners” in Delhi a detention centre, the Ministry said in an RTI reply that the information is “secret.” On August 17, Union Housing minister Hardeep Singh Puri’s tweeted that Rohingya refugees will be …

Worldview with Suhasini Haidar | 5 years of Rohingya exodus | Should India’s refugee policy change?
2 years, 3 months ago

Worldview with Suhasini Haidar | 5 years of Rohingya exodus | Should India’s refugee policy change?

The Hindu  

5 years after the Rohingya fled the worst ethnic violence in Myanmar, India says they have to go back- could New Delhi’s refugee policy come under international scrutiny? This week marks the 5th anniversary of the biggest migration of Rohingya refugees who faced what the UN calls state- The issue has reopened the debate over India’s refugee policy, especially after …

Should India change its policy on the Rohingya?
2 years, 3 months ago

Should India change its policy on the Rohingya?

The Hindu  

The Central government reasserted last week that its policy on the Rohingya refugees in India, who it calls “illegal foreigners”, will not change. In a discussion moderated by Suhasini Haidar, Vivek Katju and Meenakshi Ganguly discuss India’s policy on the Rohingya and the need for a refugee law. Vivek Katju: I agree about India’s record of how it has dealt …

Should India change its policy on the Rohingya? | The Hindu Parley podcast
2 years, 3 months ago

Should India change its policy on the Rohingya? | The Hindu Parley podcast

The Hindu  

The Central government reasserted last week that its policy on the Rohingya refugees in India, who it calls “illegal foreigners”, will not change. It did so while denying a tweet by Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri which said the government will move the Rohingya refugees living in Delhi to flats meant for economically weaker sections. Denying …

Rohingya mark fifth anniversary of exodus to Bangladesh
2 years, 3 months ago

Rohingya mark fifth anniversary of exodus to Bangladesh

The Hindu  

Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees on August 25 marked the fifth anniversary of their exodus from Myanmar to Bangladesh, while the United States, European Union, and other Western nations pledged to continue supporting the refugees' pursuit of justice in international courts. “We continue to support the Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar, the case under the Genocide Convention that The …

‘Feeling like prisoners’: The plight of Rohingya refugees today
2 years, 4 months ago

‘Feeling like prisoners’: The plight of Rohingya refugees today

Al Jazeera  

Five years after crackdown by security forces led to mass exodus from Myanmar, Rohingya remain stuck in ‘cruel limbo’. The violence – which included reports of gang rape, mass killings, and forced expulsion – brought renewed international attention to decades of documented persecution against the mostly Muslim Rohingya, who are largely stateless after years of what rights monitors have called …

‘It’s a nightmare, every day’: Rohingya in India live in fear
2 years, 4 months ago

‘It’s a nightmare, every day’: Rohingya in India live in fear

Al Jazeera  

Some 40,000 Rohingya refugees live in India where fears are growing as calls for deportations to Myanmar increase. Muhammad, 40, who has three children, arrived in India in 2012 and lives in one of the temporary Rohingya shelters located in southeast Delhi’s Kalindi Kunj area where more than 300 refugees live. While the refugee camps in Bangladesh, now home to …

Explained | What is India’s policy on the Rohingya?
2 years, 4 months ago

Explained | What is India’s policy on the Rohingya?

The Hindu  

The story so far: On August 17, Union Housing Minister Hardeep Singh Puri tweeted that Rohingya refugees would be shifted to flats meant for economically weaker sections, and provided with basic amenities and police protection. The Minister said “India respects & follows the UN Refugee Convention 1951 & provides refuge to all, regardless of their race, religion or creed.” The …

'Delhi govt decided to shift Rohingyas to EWS flats, not FRRO': Clarifies MHA
2 years, 4 months ago

'Delhi govt decided to shift Rohingyas to EWS flats, not FRRO': Clarifies MHA

Op India  

After union Housing & Urban Affairs minister Hardeep Singh Puri created a storm by claiming that the government has decided to settle Rohingyas living in camps in Delhi EWS flats, the matter refuses to die down. On Wednesday, both BJP and AAP had targeted each other using the letter written by the Deputy Secretary of the Delhi government’s home department …

‘Centre conspiring to settle Rohingya refugees in Delhi’
2 years, 4 months ago

‘Centre conspiring to settle Rohingya refugees in Delhi’

The Hindu  

Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia accused the BJP-led Centre of “conspiring to illegally settle” Rohingya refugees in the Capital and swore that the AAP’s Delhi government would not let this happen. The Delhi government will not let this conspiracy to illegally settle Rohingya refugees in the city succeed,” Mr. Sisodia said. “The way the Congress used to convert Bangladeshi …

Bangladesh PM tells UN that Myanmar must take Rohingya back
2 years, 4 months ago

Bangladesh PM tells UN that Myanmar must take Rohingya back

Hindustan Times  

Bangladesh's leader told a visiting UN official on Wednesday that hundreds of thousands of ethnic minority Rohingya refugees living in overcrowded camps in Bangladesh must return home to Myanmar, where they had fled waves of violent persecution. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina made the comment to UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet in Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka. More than 700,000 …

Sisodia Says Govt 'Secretly' Trying To Give Permanent Residence To Rohingyas In Delhi, BJP Reacts
2 years, 4 months ago

Sisodia Says Govt 'Secretly' Trying To Give Permanent Residence To Rohingyas In Delhi, BJP Reacts

ABP News  

New Delhi: Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia slammed the BJP-led Centre saying that it was “secretly trying to give permanent residence” to Rohingya refugees in the national capital, and refuted claims of the Union Ministry that it was the Delhi government’s proposal, news agency PTI reported. However, BJP hit back saying illegal migrants are a "threat" to the national …

Rohingya a threat to security, says BJP
2 years, 4 months ago

Rohingya a threat to security, says BJP

The Hindu  

The BJP on Wednesday asserted that illegal migrants are a threat to national security and that the Modi government would never compromise on the issue, after the party faced flak over plans to resettle Rohingya refugees in flats designated for Economically Weaker Sections. Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri on Wednesday had put out a tweet …

Bangladesh PM tells UN that Myanmar must take Rohingya back
2 years, 4 months ago

Bangladesh PM tells UN that Myanmar must take Rohingya back

Associated Press  

DHAKA, Bangladesh — Bangladesh’s leader told a visiting U.N. official on Wednesday that hundreds of thousands of ethnic minority Rohingya refugees living in overcrowded camps in Bangladesh must return home to Myanmar, where they had fled waves of violent persecution. More than 700,000 fled to Bangladesh starting in late August 2017 when the Myanmar military launched a “clearance operation” against …

Rohingyas and EWS flats controversy: All you need to know
2 years, 4 months ago

Rohingyas and EWS flats controversy: All you need to know

Op India  

The issue of Rohingya Muslims living in India created a major storm today after union Housing & Urban Affairs minister Hardeep Singh Puri claimed that the government has decided to settle Rohingyas living in camps in Delhi EWS flats. On the demands of accepting the Rohingyas as refugees, the Modi govt has been saying that as India is not a …

RSS opposes govt move to shift Rohingya refugees to apartments
2 years, 4 months ago

RSS opposes govt move to shift Rohingya refugees to apartments

India Today  

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh has slammed the government’s decision to move Rohingya refugees to apartments meant for the economically weaker sections of the society. What happens to them?” The statement came soon after Union Minister for Housing & Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri tweeted: “India has always welcomed those who have sought refuge in the country. In a landmark decision, …

Rohingyas being shifted, not given ownership of flats: Govt sources
2 years, 4 months ago

Rohingyas being shifted, not given ownership of flats: Govt sources

India Today  

Sources in the government have clarified that Rohingya refugees are just being shifted, not given ownership of flats in Delhi. The Rohingya refugees will be shifted to flats in Bakkarwala village in outer Delhi, where there are a total of 250 flats belonging to the Economically Weaker Sections category. Earlier in the day, Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri took to …

Union Home Ministry overrules Housing Minister’s tweet on providing flats to Rohingya
2 years, 4 months ago

Union Home Ministry overrules Housing Minister’s tweet on providing flats to Rohingya

The Hindu  

Hours after Minister for Urban Development Hardeep Singh Puri tweeted that all Rohingya migrants from Myanmar living in a camp in Delhi will be shifted to flats, the Ministry of Home Affairs issued a strong denial. @PMOIndiapic.twitter.com/E5ShkHOxqE — Hardeep Singh Puri August 17, 2022 In his tweet on Wednesday morning, Mr. Puri called the plans to move the Rohingya to …

‘Unfortunate’: VHP lambasts Centre’s decision to shift Rohingyas to EWS flats
2 years, 4 months ago

‘Unfortunate’: VHP lambasts Centre’s decision to shift Rohingyas to EWS flats

Firstpost  

Vishwa Hindu Parishad’s international joint general secretary Surendra Jain said that the Centre must rethink its decision shift Rohingyas to EWS flats in Delhi New Delhi: Vishwa Hindu Parishad’s international joint general secretary Surendra Jain, in an exclusive conversation with Firstpost, has called Centre’s decision to shift Rohingyas to EWS flats in Delhi with round the clock police security, as …

Bangladesh tells UN that Rohingya refugees must return to Myanmar
2 years, 4 months ago

Bangladesh tells UN that Rohingya refugees must return to Myanmar

Al Jazeera  

UN rights chief says return of Rohingya refugees is not possible currently due to concerns about their safety in Myanmar. Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has told the UN rights chief that hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees living in overcrowded camps in Bangladesh must return home to Myanmar, from where they had fled waves of violent persecution. UN High …

India denies it will provide homes to Rohingya in capital
2 years, 4 months ago

India denies it will provide homes to Rohingya in capital

Al Jazeera  

Hours after a federal minister says the refugees will be given apartments in New Delhi, the home ministry denies the media reports. Hours after a federal minister said Rohingya will be given apartments in the capital, India’s home ministry has denied giving such instructions, saying the refugees would be held at a detention centre and eventually deported. “India respects and …

Rohingyas living in Delhi will get free residential flats, food, 24-hour security at Govt expense: Union Minister Hardeep Puri
2 years, 4 months ago

Rohingyas living in Delhi will get free residential flats, food, 24-hour security at Govt expense: Union Minister Hardeep Puri

Op India  

Update: Hours after this analysis was published, the Ministry of Home Affairs issued a statement, disowning the assertions made in the tweets by Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri. On August 16, the Government of India decided to shift 1,100 registered Rohingya ‘refugees’ to EWS flats in the Bakkarwala area of Delhi. In a tweet, Union Minister for Housing and Urban …

Rohingya families in Kashmir fear separation as India cracks down
2 years, 6 months ago

Rohingya families in Kashmir fear separation as India cracks down

Al Jazeera  

Refugees say the fear of separation from families is greater than the fear of being deported back to Myanmar. “I miss my mother,” Rehman told Al Jazeera as he sat outside the shanty of a Rohingya neighbour who is now taking care of him. “Most of us are planning to leave,” Muhammad Arif told Al Jazeera in Jammu, adding that …

‘It’s hell’: Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh rally to ‘go home’
2 years, 6 months ago

‘It’s hell’: Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh rally to ‘go home’

Al Jazeera  

Rohingya refugees living in squalid conditions in Bangladesh are demanding to go home to Myanmar. Tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh staged demonstrations to demand repatriation back to Myanmar, where they fled a brutal military crackdown five years ago. The “Bari Cholo” campaign involved 23 Rohingya camps, 21 in Ukhiam and two in Teknaf Upazila, a government official …

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