India moves to deport Rohingya girl to Myanmar, draws criticism 10 Apr 2021 / 09:00 H.
By Devjyot Ghoshal and Zarir Hussain
NEW DELHI, April 1 (Reuters) - A 14-year-old Rohingya Muslim girl has been taken to a border town in northeastern India for deportation to Myanmar, police officials said on Thursday, as the U.N. refugee agency and rights groups pressed New Delhi to halt the process.
Tens of thousands of Rohingya, who are denied citizenship in their home country Myanmar, have lived in India for years but Prime Minister Narendra Modi s government regards them as a security threat and has started detaining them.
India moves to deport Rohingya girl to Myanmar, UN opposes
India moves to deport Rohingya girl to Myanmar, UN opposes
Indian authorities took a 14-year-old Rohingya Muslim girl to a border town in northeastern India for deportation to Myanmar, according to officials. The United Nations refugee agency and rights groups have opposed the move.
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UPDATED: April 2, 2021 08:53 IST
Indian authorities have taken a 14-year-old Rohingya girl to a border town in northeastern India for deportation to Myanmar. The United Nations refugee agency and rights groups criticized the move. (Photo: PTI file image of Rohingya refugees in Jammu)
A 14-year-old Rohingya Muslim girl has been taken to a border town in northeastern India for deportation to Myanmar, police officials said on Thursday, as the U.N. refugee agency and rights groups pressed New Delhi to halt the process.
Rohingya teenager taken to India’s Manipur to be deported to Myanmar
Parents reported to be still in Cox’s Bazar Star Digital Report Star Digital Report
A Rohingya teenager whose parents are reportedly residing in a camp in Cox s Bazar in Bangladesh, was taken to a town in the north-eastern Indian state of Manipur bordering Myanmar on Thursday to be deported to that country, the Indian media reported today quoting police officials.
A team of Assam police took the girl, whose age is stated to be 14, to Moreh, a border town, where paperwork was finalised to send her back to Myanmar after she was sheltered in Silchar town of Assam, for one and half years while her family lived as refugees in Cox s Bazar, reports our New Delhi correspondent.