Rohingyas In India

Identify Bangladeshis, Rohingya working as delivery agents: Giriraj Singh

Union minister Giriraj Singh on Saturday claimed Bangladeshi nationals and Rohingya were working as delivery agents for food delivery companies and online shopping platforms and added that they should be identified. Singh made these remarks in Hyderabad, where he attended the convocation of NIFT-Hyderabad. "The services sector, whether it is Zomato, Swiggy or Flipkart, the delivery boys are Bangladeshis and Rohingya. Efforts should be made to identify them and hand them over to police," he told PTI Videos on the sidelines of the event. The Union minister also threw his weight behind Yogi Adityanath over his comments drawing a parallel between Sambhal and Bangladesh, saying the Uttar Pradesh chief minister did not say anything wrong. Adityanath had on Thursday said the actions of Mughal emperor Babur's commander in Ayodhya and Sambhal 500 years ago and the events happening in Bangladesh at present shared the same nature and intent. "Look at the kind of acts our enemies in neighbour

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

Key accused in trafficking of Bangladeshis, Rohingyas into India arrested

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday arrested a wanted accused involved in trafficking of Bangladeshi nationals and Rohingyas into India through the north-eastern borders. Jalil Miah, a resident of the north-eastern state of Tripura, has been arrested by the NIA team, an official statement said. The NIA had in February declared a cash reward of Rs 1 lakh for information leading to the arrest of Jalil, who was absconding in the case, in addition to nine others. As per the NIA investigations, a large number of Bangladeshi nationals and Rohingyas are being trafficked to India every month through the porous stretches of the Indo-Bangladesh border. They are further transported to different parts of the country and provided fake documents and forced into labour, said the statement issued by the probe agency. "In yet another success in its fight against human traffickers operating across the country, the NIA on Tuesday arrested a key conspirator in a case relating to ...

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

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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

Puri lauds govt's move to shift 1,100 Rohingyas to EWS flats in Delhi

Hardeep Singh Puri lauded the central government's decision to shift nearly 1,100 Rohingya refugees in Delhi to flats equipped with basic facilities and round-the-clock security

Tell us about Rohingyas, Bangladeshis residing illegally: BJP to Delhiites

Delhi BJP president Adesh Gupta asked residents of the city inform the party about Rohingyas and Bangladeshis living illegally here

SC to hear PIL seeking to detect, detain & deport illegal immigrants

At outset, Upadhyay said that the plea seeks detection, detention, and deportation of illegal immigrants who, as per estimation, are five crores in numbers

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Can't deport Rohingyas to Myanmar without due process, says Supreme Court

The bench, also comprising Justices A S Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian, passed the order on an application seeking release of detained Rohingya refugees

India not dharamshala; info about Rohingya being gathered: Haryana minister

Home Minister Anil Vij said information about Rohingyas living in Haryana was being gathered, adding that India was "not a dharamshala" that anyone could come and settle in the country

Letter to BS: Concern for immigrants cannot outweigh national security

The idea of welcoming every single person who crosses over into India is noble but who will create resources required to accommodate lakhs of Bangladeshis and Rohingyas?

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

Centre asks states to capture biometrics details of Rohingyas, illegal immigrants

Around 14,000 Rohingyas living in the country are registered with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, while about 40,000 are said to be staying illegally

India's stand on the Rohingyas is despicable, says a noted rights activist

Sahana Basavapatna says whole thing about them being connected with terror networks is exhausting