Habeas Corpus and foreigners
Recently, a habeas corpus petition concerning the alleged disappearance of five Rohingya individuals from custody was filed in the Supreme Court.
Recently, a habeas corpus petition concerning the alleged disappearance of five Rohingya individuals from custody was filed in the Supreme Court.
A day after Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath directed the setting up of detention centres for foreign infiltrators detected during checking, BJP's Lucknow president Anand Dwivedi on Thursday claimed that over 50,000 Bangladeshis and Rohingyas are staying illegally in Lucknow.
The Uttar Pradesh government has launched a major crackdown on Rohingya and Bangladeshi infiltrators in the state.
The accused, identified as Syed Hussain, is a native of Maungdaw district in Myanmar. He was apprehended by the Noida unit of ATS with assistance from the local police, officials confirmed on Friday.
The AAP had claimed that a local BJP MLA assisted in the admission of 10 Rohingya children to a school in Karawal Nagar Assembly constituency.
The UNHCR said Myanmar authorities should allow refugees to assess the conditions in Rakhine themselves before taking the decision on their return.
On Jun, Myanmar also signed a MoU with the UNDP and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees on assisting the government's repatriation process of displaced persons from Rakhine state.
The reporters were investigating a massacre of the Rohingya minority in the village of Inn Dinn in Rakhine state.
The WFP said it had spent around $20 million to assist the refugees in Bangladesh following the crackdown in Myanmar in August 2017.
It remains a concern of the international community whether the repatriation of Rohingyas to Myanmar will be voluntary and dignified.
