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Above topic for Prelims and Mains both.
STATUS OF ROHINGYAS
7 Rohingya deported to Myanmar, Supreme Court gave the approval of the deportation.
BASIC – WHO ARE ROHINGYA
Rohingya are Muslims living in Arakan region of Myanmar.
Myanmar government don’t see them as a proper citizen hence they have not been given proper citizenship in Myanmar.
40,000 Rohingya don’t have citizenship in Myanmar hence they have difficulty in finding the job and in other services too.
WHY ROHINGYAS FLED MYANMAR?
They have Indo- Tabitayan(facial features) ethnicity causes the problem here, developing countries are frequently seen with the problem of ethnicity which creates fighting among the individuals.
Fighting in people due to there Race causes difficulty in finding the job and in other services too for them.
The Whole Rohingya case:(Violence case (spark))
Rape of an Indo Tabitayan ethnicity girl happens and the rumors are spread that Rohingya’s people raped her .so, there is clash/riots.
Rohingya are running from there country after this clash
Rohingya ran to Bangladesh because they have ancestral roots in Bangladesh.
They ran to different countries as well.
They entered India through boats via West Bengal.
40,000 Rohingya are presently in India.
They are mainly spread all over India but the ratio is quite high in Jammu.
Rohingya in India are mainly living in the states of Jammu and Kashmir, Telangana, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, and Rajasthan.
Rohingya’s illegally entered India.
For example :
People(illegal immigrant) from Mexico enter into the USA for getting jobs and other services (of the local people), s the president of USA is planning to build the wall against them.
Similarly, Rohingya people entered India.
NUMBERS?
Rohingya people are having bad intentions?? are they linked to any terrorist activities.
REFUGEES AND INDIA
Most of the Rohingya Muslims living in India are registered with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), better known as UN Refugee agency.
- International organizations have appealed to India not to deport the Rohingyas.
But, the government has stated that its decision to deport Rohingyas concerns the state of security.
NOTES
India does not have a refugee-specific law and the matter falls under the Foreigners Act of 1946, enacted by the Central Legislative Assembly.
The Foreigners Act makes the undocumented physical presence of a foreigner in India a crime. It also empowers the government to detain a foreigner living illegally in the country till that person is deported.
PROBLEM
Myanmar have not registered them as the citizen of Myanmar. How will the Indian government deport them?
ISSUES OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS
An illegal immigrant ( without any document)
Refugee (At the time of calamity)
India has fundamental rights for foreigners too.
Under the article: protection of life and personal liberty (Article 21)
WHY 7 ROHINGYAS WERE DEPORTED?
The Rohingya Muslims from Rakhine province on Myanmar’s western coast started arriving in sizeable numbers in India’s northeast in late 2011.
- It was following their stepped-up persecution by the Myanmar armed forces.
- Of that, seven men were arrested in 2012 for having entered India illegally.
- They were convicted of violating The Passport (Entry into India) Act, 1920, and sent them to prison for 3 months, followed by detention pending repatriation.
WHO ARE ILLEGAL MIGRANTS?
Example :
A person (have the document and all the things)from Bangladesh come to India and he has been granted permission for 3 months but he stays longer than 3 months, which is against the law.
1. A foreign national who enters India on valid travel documents and stays beyond their validity.
2. A foreign national who enters without valid travel documents.
WHAT LIES AHEAD?
- India said Rohingya’s will not be forcefully returned.
They will deport those 7 Rohingya’s by the proper procedure.
They will be deported under proper guidance and paperwork. - It would also be reassuring to Bangladesh, which worried that India might push illegal Rohingya refugees into their borders.HIGHLIGHTS
India is not a signatory to the 1951 United Nations Convention and 1967 Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees.It also does not currently have a national law on refugees.
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