A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court to restrain the government from deporting seven Rohingya Muslims to Myanmar.
A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court to restrain the government from deporting seven Rohingya Muslims to Myanmar.
The Rohingyas have been held at the Silchar central prison in Cachar district in Assam since 2012 on charges of irregular entry.
According to reports, police on Wednesday sent seven Rohingya Muslims, jailed since 2012 on charges of illegal entry, in a bus to the border to be deported to neighbouring Myanmar.
"This is a routine procedure, we deport all illegal foreigners," Reported Reuters quoting Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta, additional director general of police in India's northeastern state of Assam.
A plea was filed in Supreme Court for urgent hearing seeking a restraint on the government's move, however, the Bench declined to mention.
The United Nations' Special Rapporteur on racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and intolerance, has expressed concerns over Indian government's plan to deport seven Rohingya men to Myanmar, saying their forcible return could constitute refoulement which violates international law.
Earlier this week, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said that states have been asked to identify Rohingya refugees and collect their biometric data, the report of which will be sent to Myanmar.
The development came after the Railway Protection Force (RPF) alerted the Kerala authorities to watch out for the movement of Rohingya refugees in groups to Kerala and hand them over to police if they are found travelling on trains.
More than 650,000 Rohingya Muslims fled Rakhine in August 2017 after Myanmar's army launched a massive crackdown in its northern state, retaliating the attacks by insurgents, Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army on the country's police posts and a military base.
A large number of Rohingya refugees, since then, have taken shelter in India and Bangladesh, and are staying in refugee camps, often raising security concerns.
In June, the Home Ministry wrote a letter to the Jammu and Kashmir government, saying, "Such illegal migrations poses serious challenges and has security implications since some of the migrants have been found to have indulged in illegal activities and are vulnerable to radicalisation."
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