Without Access to Vaccines or Medicines, COVID Adds to Rohingya Refugees Woes
Delhi s cramped refugee camps leave no space for social distancing.
The Madanpur Khadar refugee camp. Photo: Tarushi Aswani
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New Delhi: Two children fling fistfuls of sand on each other at the Madanpur Khadar camp for Rohingya refugees, oblivious to the brutal pandemic that has claimed more than 2,70,000 lives across the country. As the cracks in their heels hold the sand, they dust themselves off to go inside their tenement houses made of shreds of tarpaulin, without a floor.
The COVID-19 pandemicâs second wave is said to have infected more than 37 lakh people across the country, according to the Union health ministry data. Amidst a scarcity of medical resources, fissures in the healthcare infrastructure, shortage of vaccines to inoculate a population of 130 crore and perceived apathy from the Central Government, communities like these Rohingya refugees are being left to fend fo
Amidst Turmoil, India Deports Rohingya Minor Whose Parents Are in Bangladesh to Myanmar
Myanmar is in the midst of a violent crackdown on anti-junta protesters by the military. The Rohingya girl had requested to be sent to her parents in Bangladesh instead of to Myanmar.
Representative Image. Rohingya refugees carry supplies at Kutupalong refugee camp, near Cox s Bazar, Bangladesh on November 20, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Susana Vera
New Delhi: A minor Rohingya girl was formally deported from India to Myanmar, even though her family is in a refugee camp in Bangladesh,
The Assam Tribune has reported. Myanmar is in the midst of violent turmoil as the military has been cracking down on public protests against its coup, leading to a fresh trickle of refugees to India.