Rohingya Deportation

The Supreme Court Thursday agreed to list for hearing a PIL seeking direction to the Centre and others to detect, detain and deport illegal immigrants including Rohingyas and Bangladesh nationals.

The Karnataka government has informed the Supreme Court that it has no immediate plan to deport 72 Rohingyas living in Bengaluru while opposing a plea to identify and deport them.

The Supreme Court today said that Rohingyas detained in Jammu shall not be deported to Myanmar without following the prescribed process.

Officials halted the deportation of a 16-year-old Rohingya Muslim girl to Myanmar at the last minute today, saying they had not been able to contact officials caught up in the coup over the border.

The country cannot be the capital for illegal immigrants, the Centre told the Supreme Court which on Friday reserved order on a fresh plea seeking directions for immediate release of detained Rohingya refugees in Jammu and restrain the government from implementing any order deporting them to Myanmar.

The Supreme Court on Friday reserved verdict on a fresh plea seeking immediate release of detained Rohingya refugees in Jammu and restrain the Centre from implementing any order deporting them to Myanmar.

The Supreme Court on Thursday said it would hear on March 25 a fresh plea seeking immediate release of detained Rohingya refugees in Jammu and restrain the Centre from implementing any order deporting them to Mayanmar.

In a written reply in Rajya Sabha on the steps being taken to deport Rohingyas, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Wednesday said that the Central government has been vested with powers to detain and deport illegal foreign nationals.

The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking identification and deportation of all illegal immigrants and infiltrators including Bangladesh nationals and Rohingyas.

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.

One Myanmar national from the Rakhine state, believed to be a Rohingya Muslim who was detained in India over illegal entry, has been sent back via the Manipur border on Wednesday, sources in the Manipur Police said.

Home Minister Rajnath Singh said today that action against the Rohingya and other illegal immigrants should not be viewed through the prism of human rights as India has never ill-treated foreigners.

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres stands behind the UN refugee agency (UNHCR)'s expression of concern over India repatriating seven Rohingyas to Myanmar, his spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said yesterday.

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...

Seven Rohingya Muslims held at a detention centre in Assam will be handed over to Myanmar after the Supreme Court today refused to stop their deportation, the first such move by the government.

The Supreme Court Thursday agreed to list for hearing a PIL seeking direction to the Centre and others to detect, detain and deport illegal immigrants including Rohingyas and Bangladesh nationals.

The Karnataka government has informed the Supreme Court that it has no immediate plan to deport 72 Rohingyas living in Bengaluru while opposing a plea to identify and deport them.

The Supreme Court today said that Rohingyas detained in Jammu shall not be deported to Myanmar without following the prescribed process.

Officials halted the deportation of a 16-year-old Rohingya Muslim girl to Myanmar at the last minute today, saying they had not been able to contact officials caught up in the coup over the border.

The country cannot be the capital for illegal immigrants, the Centre told the Supreme Court which on Friday reserved order on a fresh plea seeking directions for immediate release of detained Rohingya refugees in Jammu and restrain the government from implementing any order deporting them to Myanmar.

The Supreme Court on Friday reserved verdict on a fresh plea seeking immediate release of detained Rohingya refugees in Jammu and restrain the Centre from implementing any order deporting them to Myanmar.

The Supreme Court on Thursday said it would hear on March 25 a fresh plea seeking immediate release of detained Rohingya refugees in Jammu and restrain the Centre from implementing any order deporting them to Mayanmar.

In a written reply in Rajya Sabha on the steps being taken to deport Rohingyas, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Wednesday said that the Central government has been vested with powers to detain and deport illegal foreign nationals.

The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking identification and deportation of all illegal immigrants and infiltrators including Bangladesh nationals and Rohingyas.

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.

One Myanmar national from the Rakhine state, believed to be a Rohingya Muslim who was detained in India over illegal entry, has been sent back via the Manipur border on Wednesday, sources in the Manipur Police said.

Home Minister Rajnath Singh said today that action against the Rohingya and other illegal immigrants should not be viewed through the prism of human rights as India has never ill-treated foreigners.

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres stands behind the UN refugee agency (UNHCR)'s expression of concern over India repatriating seven Rohingyas to Myanmar, his spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said yesterday.

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...

Seven Rohingya Muslims held at a detention centre in Assam will be handed over to Myanmar after the Supreme Court today refused to stop their deportation, the first such move by the government.