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Rohingya Refugees in India: The Myanmar government approved the move after checking the Burmese nationality of illegal immigrants and their addresses in Rakhine State.Rohingya refugees in India: In a first, India is preparing to expel a group of seven Rohingya immigrants to their home country, Myanmar. These immigrants were living illegally in Assam. and were in custody at Cachar Central Prison in Silchar District, Assam Region, according to reports. The migrants will be handed over Thursday to Myanmar authorities at the border crossing of Moreh in Manipur, a ministry official said. At the same time, the Supreme Court on Thursday authorized the expulsion of seven Rohingya, arguing that she was not inclined to interfere with the decision made by the Center.
The Myanmar government endorsed the move after verifying the citizenship of illegal immigrants and their addresses in Rakhine State. This will be a key event as India for the first time returns Rohingya to their country of origin. These Rohingya were arrested on July 29, 2012 for violating the Aliens Act. Those to be deported are Mr. Jamal, Mohbul Khan, Jamal Hussain, Mr. Yonus, Sabir Ahmed, Rahim Uddin and Mr. Salam. They are between 26 and 32 years old, said a Cachar district official.
The Rohingyas, who fled to India after the violence in Rakhine State, western Myanmar, are settled in Jammu, Hyderabad, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi-NCR and Rajasthan. Amnesty International's human rights group has accused Myanmar state councilor Aung San Suu Kyi and the country's government of "burying their heads in the sand in the face of the state's horrors". of Rakhine ".
Last year, the Center informed Parliament in 2017 that more than 14,000 Rohingyas, registered with the United Nations refugee agency, UNHCR, were staying in India. However, humanitarian agencies estimate that there are about 40,000 Rohingyas in the country. The UN has described Rohingya Muslims as the most persecuted minority in the world.
Meanwhile, a new petition has been filed in the Supreme Court against the central government's decision to expel the seven. Prashant Bhushan, senior attorney at the Supreme Court, said in the high court that Rohingya refugees were about to be deported and that the case was to be brought to a close. an urgent hearing. However, the court, presided over by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, categorically stated to the lawyers that he would not allow to urgently report the case until the definition of " parameters "for such cases.
"No mention. We will define the parameters, then we will see how the mention will be made, "said the bench. The bench also includes S K Kaul and K M Joseph JJ. Advocacy will probably be heard today.
