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.
Earlier on Wednesday, a plea was moved in the Supreme Court seeking to restrain the Centre from deporting to Myanmar the seven Rohingya lodged in a detention centre at Silchar in Assam.
The UN agencies in June signed a memorandum of understanding offering assistance for the safe and sustainable return of the refugees.
While the Memorandum of Understanding between the United Nations and Myanmar on the repatriation of Rohingyas does raise hope, the…
“The Bangladesh government has given them (Rohingyas) shelter on humanitarian ground as we cannot turn our eyes away from the problem. But we want that they should return to their country as early as possible," Ms Hasina said.
The Rohingya issue has begun taking a political turn with leaders cutting across party lines projecting their views that are…
