Rohingya’s must be deported: Centre tells Supreme Court

Information collected by APN, India Legal’s sister concern, from sources say that the Centre is unlikely to change its purported stand that deporting Rohingya Muslims to Myanmar is “in national interest”.

Bangladesh has restricted the movement of Rohingya refugees, banning them from leaving designated areas in the country to which over 400,000 have fled from violence in neighbouring Myanmar. “We don’t want to go back”, she told AFP. Hasina’s Deputy Press Secretary Nazrul Islam quoted Swaraj telling Bangladesh Prime Minister that India had been asked Myanmar tostrop atrocities against Rohingyas.

He even mentioned about the Chakma people of Bangladesh, who came to India in 1971 and have been living in Arunachal Pradesh, and Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama, who is treated as a guest in India.

United Nations human rights chief Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein had on Tuesday accused Myanmar of waging a “systematic attack” on the minority.

Rohingya Muslim refugees carry supplies through the Jalpatoli refugee camp.

“If they will spread violence then nobody will assimilate them”, he added. There are also about 52,000 pregnant and lactating women among the refugees.

Russian foreign ministry said that Moscow considers Rohingya crisis as an internal issue and any sort of outside intervention will “further exacerbate religious strife”. There were already 300,000 Rohingya refugees in makeshift camps from earlier waves of refugees before the latest influx.

Condemning the violence, the Security Council also called for humanitarian aid workers to be able to reach those in need in Rakhine state.

Police check posts and surveillance have been set up in key transit points to stop refugees travelling to other parts of the country.

“We are a human rights body and if these persons (Rohingyas) are deported back to their country, we see it as a violation of human rights”, NHRC chairperson and former Chief Justice of India Justice H L Dattu said. “The government should invite representatives of all parties”, he told newspersons.

Aid agencies are overwhelmed by the sheer size of the exodus.

Rohingya Muslims are referred to as Bengalis in Myanmar.

It cites intelligence inputs to say some sections among Rohingyas have links with terror groups and could be used by the ISIS for terror attacks in India.

Suu Kyi, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991, is also heavily criticized by a number of her fellow Nobel laureates, including Malala Yousafzai and Desmond Tutu, for allowing such atrocities against the Rohingya.

The principle of non-refoulement – or not sending back refugees to a place where they face danger – is considered part of customary global law and is binding on all states whether they have signed the Refugee Convention or not.