Bru refugees: Parliamentary panel highlights low repatriation numbers

The refugees have asked the home ministry to release subsistence allowances that have been held back since November.

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· Feb 11, 2019 · 08:23 pm

Remembering Rakhine: As Jammu turns hostile to Rohingya, memories return of persecution in Myanmar

The refugees had arrived in the northern Indian city to try to rebuild their lives. Now, they are being compelled to flee again.

Anuradha Bhasin Jamwal

· Feb 09, 2019 · 09:00 am

Refugees twice over: Why Rohingya who had found shelter in Jammu are fleeing again

Facing hostility from Hindutva groups and the Indian government, some of them have been forced to seek the relative safety of Bangladesh.

Anuradha Bhasin Jamwal

· Feb 07, 2019 · 07:30 am

As India sends Rohingyas back to face certain persecution in Myanmar, every Indian is complicit

The official explanation of why India is determined not to continue to give refuge to Rohingyas has legal, constitutional and moral problems.

Harsh Mander

· Feb 04, 2019 · 08:00 am

‘Fear has intensified’: Why Rohingya refugees are fleeing India for Bangladesh

Nearly 2,000 members of the persecuted Muslim minority have left since May, fearing deportation to Myanmar.

Abhishek Dey

· Jan 27, 2019 · 09:00 am

Tripura: Arrested Rohingya women and children sent back to jail despite being granted bail

The court granted bail to 24 of 31 Rohingya Muslims taken into custody on Tuesday, but they were all sent to jail as no one appeared to submit their bail bonds.

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· Jan 23, 2019 · 10:56 pm

31 Rohingyas stranded on Bangladesh border handed over to Tripura Police

The group, which included 16 children, had been stuck in no man’s land since Friday as neither India nor Bangladesh were willing to take them in.

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· Jan 22, 2019 · 06:31 pm

India’s deportation of seven Rohingya men to Myanmar is a profound failure of public compassion

By wilfully sending these men into conditions of genocidal violence, India has failed as a humane democracy.

Harsh Mander

· Oct 09, 2018 · 08:00 am

UN seeks clarification from India after it sends seven Rohingya men back to Myanmar

The Union Nations High Commissioner for Refugees said the men were denied access to legal counsel in India before being handed over to Myanmar.

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· Oct 05, 2018 · 05:27 pm

Why Assam’s move to deport seven Myanmarese persons this week has sparked a controversy

The Supreme Court is currently hearing a petition to stop India from deporting Rohingya Muslims, and reports say these individuals are Rohingya as well.

Abhishek Dey

· Oct 03, 2018 · 05:30 pm

India prepares to deport seven Rohingya men even as SC refuses urgent hearing of plea seeking stay

The seven, who were in an Assam jail since 2012, have reportedly been sent to Manipur and will be handed over to Myanmar authorities on Thursday.

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· Oct 03, 2018 · 05:22 pm

Tripura: Ration supplies, cash to Bru refugees discontinued after Centre’s direction

Officials of the Union home ministry had said all refugee camps in Tripura will be shut down if the Brus failed to return to Mizoram by end of September.

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· Oct 02, 2018 · 11:12 am