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‘Rohingyas must be deported or Pakistan may use them as terrorists’

Jammu and Kashmir deputy Chief Minister Nirmal Singh on Wednesday said Rohingyas have entered India illegally and therefore have to…

‘Rohingyas must be deported or Pakistan may use them as terrorists’

Rohingya Muslim refugees in Bangladesh (Photo: AFP)

Jammu and Kashmir deputy Chief Minister Nirmal Singh on Wednesday said Rohingyas have entered India illegally and therefore have to be deported or Pakistan may use them as terrorists.

“Rohingyas illegally entered India and are on border here. (They) have to be shifted else (or) there are chances of Pakistan using them as terrorists,” Singh said.

The Rohingya refugees, a persecuted community of Muslims from Myanmar have fled the country in large numbers.

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Close to 40,000 Rohingya Muslims live in India, many of them in J-K, after fleeing Myanmar over the past decade. Nearly 15,000 have received refugee documentation, according to the United Nations, but India wants to deport them all.

 

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