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In Manipur, Biometric Recording of Immigrants From Myanmar: Explained
The Manipur government has started a drive to record the biometric details of alleged "illegal migrants" from Myanmar -- an exercise that many say resembles the National Register of Citizens or NRC.
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Illegal Migrants From Myanmar Unarmed: Sources As Manipur Red Flags Entry
Security forces in Manipur claim no arms or ammunition have been found on the 718 Myanmar nationals who have illegally entered the state. The Manipur government has sought an explanation from the Assam Rifles about the migrants.
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Myanmar Refugee Kids To Study In Mizoram Schools On "Humanitarian Ground"
The children of migrants and refugees from Myanmar will be enrolled in schools in Mizoram on humanitarian grounds, sources in the state government have said.
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Centre Issued Advisory To Check Illegal Influx From Myanmar: Minister In Lok Sabha
the Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai on Tuesday said the Centre has issued an advisory to the governments of Manipur, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland on March 10 to take action as per law to check influx from Myanmar
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Five More Rohingya Migrants Deported To Myanmar, 10 Still In Prison
A day after a Rohingya Muslim migrant from Myanmar's Rakhine state was sent back, five others lodged at an Assam prison were deported to the neighbouring country on Thursday. According to sources, they were handed over to Myanmarese authorities at the border check point in Manipur's Moreh town.
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India Deports 7 Rohingya To Myanmar For First Time After Court Go-Ahead
India on Thursday deported seven Rohingya to Myanmar, in the first such move, despite UN warnings that the men faced persecution in a country where the army is accused of genocide. The men, who had been in detention for illegally entering the country in 2012, were handed over at a border crossing in Manipur, hours after the Supreme Court refused to...
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As Myanmar Jails Reuters Journalists, Aung San Suu Kyi's Image In Shreds
The jailing of two Reuters journalists shreds what remains of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi's reputation as a rights champion, critics say, after she failed to come to their defence or speak up for the persecuted Rohingya minority
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Fire Kills 20 Myanmar Migrant Workers On Bus In Thailand: Police
A fire on board a bus in western Thailand killed 20 migrant workers from Myanmar early on Friday, police said.
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UN Security Council Must Push Myanmar To Let Refugees Return: Kofi Annan
Former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has asked the deadlocked Security Council to push the Myanmar government to allow the Rohingya refugees sheltered in Bangladesh to return home in safety and with dignity.
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Rohingya Youth Arrested In Hyderabad For 'Cheating'
A Rohingya youth from Myanmar has been arrested on the charge of cheating and forgery after he managed to obtain various Indian identity cards to get a passport issued, Hyderabad Police said on Monday.
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As Violence Erupts In Myanmar, Rohingya Families In India, Pakistan Plead Helplessness
Kelambakam, India/Karachi, Pakistan: In a dilapidated shelter in Tamil Nadu’s Kelambakam, surrounded by squalor, Alakamma Bibi dials her home in Myanmar every few hours. All she gets is a beeping tone. In the two weeks since she first heard of the upsurge in violence in Myanmar, she has spent countless hours trying to reach her parents and sibli...
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Rohingya Population Shot Up Four-Fold In 2 Yrs To 40,000, Parliament Told
The Centre on Wednesday informed the Rajya Sabha that the illegal Rohingya population in India is 40,000, which is a four-time jump from two years ago when the population of the migrant community from Myanmar in the country was 10,500.
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World Concerned About Rohingyas, Ban Ki-Moon Tells Myanmar
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told Myanmar today that the world is very concerned about the tens of thousands of Rohingya Muslim refugees who have been living for more than four years in camps in northern Rakhine state after fleeing violence from the Buddhist majority.
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Bangladesh Begins Survey Of Undocumented Rohingya Muslims
Authorities in Bangladesh began a survey to determine the number of Rohingya Muslims who have fled persecution in majority-Buddhist Myanmar.
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Thailand's PM Defends British Murders Verdict Against Protests
Thailand's prime minister lashed out today at protesters who took to the streets of Myanmar's Yangon on the weekend after a Thai court sentenced two Myanmar migrant workers to death for murdering two British tourists.
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In Manipur, Biometric Recording of Immigrants From Myanmar: Explained
The Manipur government has started a drive to record the biometric details of alleged "illegal migrants" from Myanmar -- an exercise that many say resembles the National Register of Citizens or NRC.
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Illegal Migrants From Myanmar Unarmed: Sources As Manipur Red Flags Entry
Security forces in Manipur claim no arms or ammunition have been found on the 718 Myanmar nationals who have illegally entered the state. The Manipur government has sought an explanation from the Assam Rifles about the migrants.
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Myanmar Refugee Kids To Study In Mizoram Schools On "Humanitarian Ground"
The children of migrants and refugees from Myanmar will be enrolled in schools in Mizoram on humanitarian grounds, sources in the state government have said.
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Centre Issued Advisory To Check Illegal Influx From Myanmar: Minister In Lok Sabha
the Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai on Tuesday said the Centre has issued an advisory to the governments of Manipur, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland on March 10 to take action as per law to check influx from Myanmar
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Five More Rohingya Migrants Deported To Myanmar, 10 Still In Prison
A day after a Rohingya Muslim migrant from Myanmar's Rakhine state was sent back, five others lodged at an Assam prison were deported to the neighbouring country on Thursday. According to sources, they were handed over to Myanmarese authorities at the border check point in Manipur's Moreh town.
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India Deports 7 Rohingya To Myanmar For First Time After Court Go-Ahead
India on Thursday deported seven Rohingya to Myanmar, in the first such move, despite UN warnings that the men faced persecution in a country where the army is accused of genocide. The men, who had been in detention for illegally entering the country in 2012, were handed over at a border crossing in Manipur, hours after the Supreme Court refused to...
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As Myanmar Jails Reuters Journalists, Aung San Suu Kyi's Image In Shreds
The jailing of two Reuters journalists shreds what remains of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi's reputation as a rights champion, critics say, after she failed to come to their defence or speak up for the persecuted Rohingya minority
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Fire Kills 20 Myanmar Migrant Workers On Bus In Thailand: Police
A fire on board a bus in western Thailand killed 20 migrant workers from Myanmar early on Friday, police said.
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UN Security Council Must Push Myanmar To Let Refugees Return: Kofi Annan
Former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has asked the deadlocked Security Council to push the Myanmar government to allow the Rohingya refugees sheltered in Bangladesh to return home in safety and with dignity.
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Rohingya Youth Arrested In Hyderabad For 'Cheating'
A Rohingya youth from Myanmar has been arrested on the charge of cheating and forgery after he managed to obtain various Indian identity cards to get a passport issued, Hyderabad Police said on Monday.
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As Violence Erupts In Myanmar, Rohingya Families In India, Pakistan Plead Helplessness
Kelambakam, India/Karachi, Pakistan: In a dilapidated shelter in Tamil Nadu’s Kelambakam, surrounded by squalor, Alakamma Bibi dials her home in Myanmar every few hours. All she gets is a beeping tone. In the two weeks since she first heard of the upsurge in violence in Myanmar, she has spent countless hours trying to reach her parents and sibli...
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Rohingya Population Shot Up Four-Fold In 2 Yrs To 40,000, Parliament Told
The Centre on Wednesday informed the Rajya Sabha that the illegal Rohingya population in India is 40,000, which is a four-time jump from two years ago when the population of the migrant community from Myanmar in the country was 10,500.
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World Concerned About Rohingyas, Ban Ki-Moon Tells Myanmar
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told Myanmar today that the world is very concerned about the tens of thousands of Rohingya Muslim refugees who have been living for more than four years in camps in northern Rakhine state after fleeing violence from the Buddhist majority.
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Bangladesh Begins Survey Of Undocumented Rohingya Muslims
Authorities in Bangladesh began a survey to determine the number of Rohingya Muslims who have fled persecution in majority-Buddhist Myanmar.
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Thailand's PM Defends British Murders Verdict Against Protests
Thailand's prime minister lashed out today at protesters who took to the streets of Myanmar's Yangon on the weekend after a Thai court sentenced two Myanmar migrant workers to death for murdering two British tourists.
