Rohingya Issue

Rohingya infiltration into India has increased manifold: Assam CM Himanta

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday said that Rohingya infiltration into India has significantly increased, and the threat of demographic invasion is both real and serious. 'Rohingyas are continuously coming into India using the India-Bangladesh border and many states are suffering from the demographic invasion', Sarma said at a press conference here. Assam is guarding only a part of the Indo-Bangladesh border but a large area is still porous, he added. The West Bengal and Jharkhand governments are soft on these infiltrators and have taken no action to stop it, he alleged. 'In fact, West Bengal's Chief Minister gave a statement that the state will give shelter to those coming from Bangladesh which even the government of the neighbouring country has not endorsed', Sarma said. Assam and Tripura governments have taken strong steps in this matter with police in both the states arresting several Rohingya infiltrators on several occasions, he said. 'Assam is no longer

India, Bangladesh have discussed Rohingya issue periodically: Foreign secy

Vinay Kwatra further noted that there are several aspects of the Rohingyas' challenge that Bangladesh faces

Boat carrying 142 suspected Rohingyas refugees intercepted in Andaman

A boat carrying at least 142 suspected Rohingya refugees, including women and children, was intercepted by coastal security agencies near Shaheed Dweep in Andaman and Nicobar Islands on Sunday, police said. The boat left from Bangladesh around 14-15 days ago and was on its way to Indonesia, they said. On Sunday morning, the Port Blair police control room received a call from the local intelligence about suspicious boat movement near Shaheed Dweep (previously known as Neil Island), and multiple coastal security agencies (including the navy, coast guard and marine police) swung into action and located it, officials said. Those onboard include 47 women and 59 minors. The boat was towed to Shaheed Dweep by the marine police, as it developed some technical snag and was unfit for further journey, police said. All of them were taken to Port Blair and kept in a temporary shelter by the local administration for further instruction from the central government, they said. Earlier, on Februa

As govt denies softening policy, Rohingyas in Delhi say 'hopes dashed'

The Rohingya community tries to build a life in hardscrabble colony as home ministry denies they would be shifted to flats

Rohingya row: 'Delhi govt wrote to settle infiltrators,' claims Delhi BJP

Continuing the row over accommodation of Rohingyas in the national capital, Delhi BJP on Thursday trained guns at the Kejriwal government claiming its officials wrote letter after letter requesting that the "infiltrators" be provided EWS flats. The Kejriwal government has not provided even proper electricity connection to the Pakistani Hindu refugees living in a camp here, but it ensured proper accommodation, food and all other facilities for Rohingyas, alleged Delhi BJP president Adesh Gupta. "There were numerous communications from the home department of Delhi government and its district magistrate(south east) to FRRO, NDMC, and the DCP concerned for providing EWS flats to Rohingyas," Gupta claimed. "Kejriwal government has a duty to identify illegal infiltrators living in the city instead it is busy protecting them. Chief Minister Kejriwal is concerned about infiltrators not refugees," he said. The central government and Delhi government agencies were working on the option to sh

Helter-skelter shelter: Why are Rohingya refugees in the news again?

No sooner did the union minister Hardeep Puri hail giving Rohingyas a permanent shelter than the MHA denied any such order

UN court to rule on jurisdiction in Myanmar's Rohingya genocide case

The United Nations' highest court is ruling Friday on whether to proceed with a landmark case that accuses Myanmar's rulers of genocide against the country's mainly Muslim Rohingya minority

UNHRC session: US co-sponsors EU-led resolution over Myanmar human rights

The US co-sponsored a resolution led by the EU that highlighted ongoing human rights concerns, including for Rohingya and recalled developments since February 1 in the 46th session of UNHRC

FB played role in 2017 Myanmar violence: Rohingya rights groups

Facebook continues to face flak for failing to prevent hate speech from spreading as four rights groups have claimed that the social networking giant played a role in the 2017 violence in Myanmar

India deports second group of Rohingyas to Myanmar; travel permits awaited

The government estimates that 40,000 Rohingya live in India in camps across the country

Development of Rakhine crucial to convince Rohingyas to return: Bangladesh

Efforts to begin repatriation remain stalled 9 months after a bilateral memorandum of understanding between Myanmar and Bangladesh

Rohingya crisis reporters go missing; rights groups blame Myanmar military

Over 95% of Rohingya reporters are said to have gone missing

The Rohingya horrors and Aung San Suu Kyi's whitewash: Eyewitness

'Nobody is allowed to have any lights on after sunset in this region, or be outside at all'

UN raises estimated number of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh to 537,000

The report by the Inter Sector Coordination Group of the UN includes data up to October 14

Security beefed up in Mizoram- Arakan border to check entry of Rohingyas

Mizoram shares a 404-km international border with Myanmar and a 318-km border with Bangladesh

Pakistan should take away Rohingyas: Union Min Giriraj Singh

It will be better that Pak takes away Rohingya Muslims if Masood Azhar is so fond of them: t will be better that Pakistan takes away Rohingya Muslims if Masood Azhar is so fond of them

B'desh sets aside rift on Rohingya issue with Myanmar to ease rice shortage

The govt has already secured deals to buy rice from Vietnam and Cambodia as domestic stocks diminished

SC to take a call on Centre's plan to deport Rohingya Muslims, says Rajnath

The Centre told the apex court that Rohingya Muslims were "illegal" immigrants in the country and may pose serious national security ramifications

Don't spread lies on India: Rijiju to rights groups

Whatever the Government of India does, it will be in the nation's interest: Kiren Rijiju

Rohingya crisis, Turkey & Erdogan's ambitions to be a global Muslim leader

On September 7, Turkey's foreign aid agency, TIKA, became the first foreign outfit to deliver an initial shipment of 1000 tons of basic foodstuffs and medicine to the conflict zone in Rakhine