Dilemma of Modi Government in deporting Rohingya Muslims in India
Escaping what the United Nations had called “ethnic cleansing” in Myanmar’s north west state of Rahine , thousands of Rohingya – a Muslim-majority ethnic group – have sought shelter in neighboring countries – mainly to Bangalesh apart from India, Thailand, Malasysia , Indonesia, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan. More than a lac Rohingyas in Myanmar live in camps for internally displaced persons, and the authorities do not allow them to leave. Around 40,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled to India over the past decade, out of which 16,500 are registered with the UN’s refugee agency. These Rohingyas are being accommodated in camps in Delhi, Hyderabad, Kshmir , West Bengal and North East India and the Indian government does not officially recognize them as refugees. As India is a non-signatory to United Nation’s Refugee law, India is free to deal with these Rohingyas being settled at camps. Modi Government wants to deport these Rohingya Muslims in India to Myanmar for