Rohingya Refugees In India

Supreme Court today agreed to hear in March a plea seeking direction to the government to release Rohingya refugees who have been "illegally and arbitrarily" detained in jails and detention centres across the country.

A Rohingya couple was brought in handcuffs for the last rites of their child who died in a refugee detention centre near Jammu. A video of the handcuffed parents at the burial site has been widely shared on social media.

The BJP-led Centre was "secretly" trying to give "permanent residence" to Rohingya refugees in the national capital, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia alleged, rejecting the home ministry's claim that it was the Delhi government's proposal.

The settlement of Rohingya Muslims has been a polarising subject in India, where politicians have targeted them frequently to shore up votes from the Hindu majority.

Rohingya refugees from Myanmar in Delhi will be allotted apartments and provided with police protection, Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Wednesday.

Five Rohingya children, who were detained in Assam's Silchar on May 29, have fled by breaking a wall of an observation home they were kept in. According to police, the incident happened in the early hours of July 1.

The National Investigation Agency has filed charge sheets against six people from Assam and Meghalaya for their involvement in the alleged trafficking of Rohingya and Bangladeshi women into India using fake documents.

The rackets were active in the border areas of Assam, West Bengal, Meghalaya and other parts of the country, they added.

In 2021, at least 414 refugees mainly from Myanmar i.e. about 354 Rohingyas and 60 Chins and other ethnic Myanmarese nationals were arrested by the police in various states of India.

Ten Rohingyas, lodged in Assam's Tezpur central jail for the last seven years, have appealed to the Gauhati High Court to either give them refugee status or send them back to Myanmar.

The Kerala government on Monday told the Supreme Court that no Rohingya refugees residing in the state have been found to have any association with the ISIS.

24 Rohingya refugees have been arrested in Assam over the past two days, including 15 from the Badarpur Railway Station in Karimganj on Saturday and nine from the Guwahati Railway Station on Sunday.

More than 50 shanties were destroyed in a fire that broke out at a Rohingya refugee camp near Kalindi Kunj Metro station in southeast Delhi, officials said on Sunday.

The Supreme Court today said that Rohingyas detained in Jammu shall not be deported to Myanmar without following the prescribed process.

The country cannot be the capital for illegal immigrants, the Centre told the Supreme Court which on Friday reserved order on a fresh plea seeking directions for immediate release of detained Rohingya refugees in Jammu and restrain the government from implementing any order deporting them to Myanmar.

Supreme Court today agreed to hear in March a plea seeking direction to the government to release Rohingya refugees who have been "illegally and arbitrarily" detained in jails and detention centres across the country.

A Rohingya couple was brought in handcuffs for the last rites of their child who died in a refugee detention centre near Jammu. A video of the handcuffed parents at the burial site has been widely shared on social media.

The BJP-led Centre was "secretly" trying to give "permanent residence" to Rohingya refugees in the national capital, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia alleged, rejecting the home ministry's claim that it was the Delhi government's proposal.

The settlement of Rohingya Muslims has been a polarising subject in India, where politicians have targeted them frequently to shore up votes from the Hindu majority.

Rohingya refugees from Myanmar in Delhi will be allotted apartments and provided with police protection, Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Wednesday.

Five Rohingya children, who were detained in Assam's Silchar on May 29, have fled by breaking a wall of an observation home they were kept in. According to police, the incident happened in the early hours of July 1.

The National Investigation Agency has filed charge sheets against six people from Assam and Meghalaya for their involvement in the alleged trafficking of Rohingya and Bangladeshi women into India using fake documents.

The rackets were active in the border areas of Assam, West Bengal, Meghalaya and other parts of the country, they added.

In 2021, at least 414 refugees mainly from Myanmar i.e. about 354 Rohingyas and 60 Chins and other ethnic Myanmarese nationals were arrested by the police in various states of India.

Ten Rohingyas, lodged in Assam's Tezpur central jail for the last seven years, have appealed to the Gauhati High Court to either give them refugee status or send them back to Myanmar.

The Kerala government on Monday told the Supreme Court that no Rohingya refugees residing in the state have been found to have any association with the ISIS.

24 Rohingya refugees have been arrested in Assam over the past two days, including 15 from the Badarpur Railway Station in Karimganj on Saturday and nine from the Guwahati Railway Station on Sunday.

More than 50 shanties were destroyed in a fire that broke out at a Rohingya refugee camp near Kalindi Kunj Metro station in southeast Delhi, officials said on Sunday.

The Supreme Court today said that Rohingyas detained in Jammu shall not be deported to Myanmar without following the prescribed process.

The country cannot be the capital for illegal immigrants, the Centre told the Supreme Court which on Friday reserved order on a fresh plea seeking directions for immediate release of detained Rohingya refugees in Jammu and restrain the government from implementing any order deporting them to Myanmar.