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SC to hear PIL on Rohingyas, Bangladeshis' deportation in four weeks

The plea has sought a direction to the Centre and the state governments to identify, detain and deport all illegal immigrants and infiltrators

Refugee status or deportation for Rohingyas? SC may rule before CJI retires

The Rohingya petitioners have said that the UNHCR in 2016 registered and recognised the 40,000-odd Rohingyas in India and granted refugee identity cards to them

31 Rohingya refugees pushed to Indian territory by Bangladesh forces: BSF

On January 18, BSF troops posted at the border observed 'suspicious movement' from the Bangladesh territory. Later, the Border Guards Bangladesh made a telephone call and confirmed the activity

UNHCR seeks clarification from India after it deports Rohingyas to Myanmar

A Rohingya family of five -- parents and three children -- was sent back to Myanmar on Thursday

Rohingya refugees should be free to move, not confined to camps: US

Dhaka and Naypyidaw have agreed last month to begin by mid-November the repatriation of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims who fled to Bangladesh to escape a Myanmar army crackdown

'We don't want to leave India', say Rohingya refugees as govt deports seven

Around 600 km south of Jammu, residents of a makeshift refugee camp in Delhi's Shaheen Bagh also said they fear deportation

More than a million Rohingya refugees living in Bangladesh camps

The registration is aimed partly at aiding repatriation of the refugees

Modi govt's 'security threat' missive leaves Rohingya refugees jobless

When the refugees asked for a reason, they said that govt might deport them any time and the company would face problems for employing them

SC to hear Rohingya petitions over deportation on January 31

Prime Minister Narendra Modi led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government has filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court and termed Rohingya refugees a threat to national security.

Myanmar 'proposes' to take back Rohingya refugees: Bangladesh minister

Bangladeshi foreign minister said after talks on Monday with a senior Myanmar representative

Death toll from Rohingya boat capsize likely to top 60: UN migration agency

The drowning tragedy is the latest in a series of deadly accidents as desperate refugees surge into Bangladesh

At least 14 die as boat ferrying Rohingyas capsizes off Bangladesh coast

Death toll was likely to rise as search operation for the missing was underway

UN draws up contingency plan to feed 700,000 Rohingya refugees

He said the plan also covers some 300,000 Rohingya who were already sheltering in southeast Bangladesh

Centre ships 620 tonnes of food for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh

Earlier this month, an IAF transport aircraft had ferried around 55 tonnes of relief material for the Rohingya refugees in B'desh

Bangladesh bans telcos from selling mobile connections to Rohingya refugees

The ban was justified for security reasons, said junior telecoms minister Tarana Halim

Rohingya refugees pose grave security threat, illegal: Centre to SC

The PIL challenging the deportation of Rohingyas for hearing on October 3

India hits back at UNHCR chief over Rohingya deportation snub

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights had, on Monday, described the situation of Myanmar's Rohingya minority as a "textbook example of ethnic cleansing" and criticised both Yangon and New Delhi

Bangladesh to relocate Rohingyas to a flood-prone barren island

More than 300,000 Rohingya have poured into Bangladesh since the latest flare-up in violence on August 25

Scenes from Bangladesh-Myanmar border, where Rohingyas are seeking refuge

Rohingyas are an ethnic group who are concentrated in Rakhine state, in Buddhist-majority Myanmar

Rohingyas flee Myanmar: India must drop religious criteria in refugee law

India has been hosting refugees without law since 1971, when people came from war-torn Bangladesh