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Jammu: UNHCR team meets Rohingya Muslims amid heated debate over water and power supply, CM Abdullah says either deport them or provide amenities

OpIndia Staff - 11 December, 2024

As UNHCR team visits Rohingya camp in Jammu, CM Omar Abdullah said that the centre should make a decision on the fate of the infiltrators

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400 Rohingyas from Bangladesh in 2 boats adrift in the Andaman Sea for 2 weeks, UN Refugee Agency asks neighbouring nations to help

OpIndia Staff - 6 December, 2023

Two boats carrying around 400 Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh are adrift in the Andaman Sea for around 2 weeks, UN seeks help

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Pakistan endangers lives of asylum seekers linked with anti-Erdogan movement, hands over their names to Turkey: Report

OpIndia Staff - 16 March, 2021

The report by Nordic Monitor says that the UNHCR staff at Islamabad have disregarded UN rules by giving the details of Turkish asylum seekers to Pakistani authorities.

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Bangladesh quarantines Rohingya refugees rescued from sea in Bhashan Char island’s refugee camp built to relocate Rohingyas from mainland

OpIndia Staff - 5 May, 2020

From now, all newly arrived Rohingyas will be sent to Bhashan Char, where Bangladesh has built a facility to relocate 1 lakh Rohingyas from mainland

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Here’s why Amit Shah was right when he said Rohingyas will never be accepted in India and UNHRC cannot object

OpIndia Staff - 11 December, 2019

Amit Shah made it clear that India will never accept Rohingyas in the country and said that the Rohingyas come to India through Bangladesh.

Crime

Rohingya Muslim arrested at IGI with fake Indian passport and Aadhaar card procured through his contacts in Hyderabad

OpIndia Staff - 19 May, 2019

According to the police, he introduced himself as an Indian passenger when he headed for his immigration clearance after arriving at the airport.

UNHCHR: A hypocritical, biased and defunct institution that deserves only ridicule and condemnation

K Bhattacharjee - 20 February, 2019

If there was any institution on the face of the Earth which had lesser credibility than the Pakistani government, then its the Human Rights division of the United Nations.

Crime

UN Refugee card holder Rohingyas among six arrested for theft on Noida metro tracks

OpIndia Staff - 6 February, 2019

A country-made pistol, cartridges and two knives were also recovered

No UN, just because Rohingyas hold a refugee card, India is not obligated to accept them

K Bhattacharjee - 28 January, 2019

UNHCR has claimed that 27 of the 31 arrested are registered with the global agency as refugees and that they had been living in Jammu for the last several years

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1300 Rohingyas flee to Bangladesh from India over fears of deportation to Myanmar

OpIndia Staff - 17 January, 2019

The exodus of Rohingyas to Bangladesh was sparked by fears of deportation to Myanmar

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