Rohingya Crisis

The Supreme Court on Thursday said if Rohingya refugees in the country were found to be foreigners under Indian laws they will have to be deported. A bench of Justices Surya Kant, Dipankar Datta and N Kotiswar Singh referred to a top court's order and remarked the identity cards issued by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) may not be of any help to them under the law. "If they are foreigners as per the Foreigners Act, then they have to be deported," Justice Datta told senior advocate Colin Gonsalves and advocate Prashant Bhushan appearing for different Rohingya petitioners seeking various reliefs. The top court was informed that some refugees having UNHCR cards, including women and children, were arrested by police authorities late last night and deported, despite a hearing slated on Thursday. Justice Datta said, "If they (Rohingyas) are all foreigners and if they are covered by the Foreigners' Act, then they will have to be dealt with as per the Foreigners'

Mainly Muslim Rohingya, who are originally from Myanmar and constitute the world's largest stateless population, often escape poor conditions in refugee camps on rickety boats to Thailand or Indonesia

Eamon Gilmore, European Union's Special Representative for Human Rights spent a full day in Cox's Bazar and met the Rohingyas who fled from Myanmar over the past six years

In August 2017, Myanmar's military launched what it called a clearance campaign in Rakhine state in the country's west in response to an attack by a Rohingya insurgent group

The minister said detection and deportation of illegal migrants, including the Rohingya from Myanmar, after due process of nationality verification was a continuous process

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

UNHCR has warned that conditions are not safe for the repatriation of Rohingya to Myanmar from Bangladesh

The UN fact-finding mission released an explosive report last month that called on the council to refer the Myanmar situation to the International Criminal Court in The Hague

US will provide the fund in additional humanitarian assistance, of which $156 million would go to refugees and host communities in Bangladesh

More than 650,000 Rohingya Muslims fled Rakhine in August 2017 after Myanmar's army launched a massive crackdown in its northern state

Last year, ARSA militants attacked a Hindu village in Myanmar and rounded up some men, women, and children, the majority of whom were killed

The murders were part of a larger army crackdown on the Rohingya

SC had directed the Centre to file a 'comprehensive status report' giving details of conditions in Rohingya refugee camps in various states

"Around 150 families have already left the camp for Bangladesh as they were afraid they might be forcefully sent back to Rakhine

The resignation deals an embarrassing public blow to Suu Kyi as her civilian government grapples with a crisis that has sent hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslim refugees fleeing into Bangladesh

"The government of Myanmar has informed UN Special Rapporteur Yanghee Lee that all access to the country has been denied and cooperation withdrawn for the duration of her tenure," the OHCHR said

Nobel laureate is in China to attend CPC's meeting with political leaders from across the globe

This is the first time that large number of people from the community were apprehended from Tripura

Govts such as Myanmar's are sensitive to foreign opinions

The statement follows a visit last week to Myanmar by Tillerson, who met with State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi