What is the issue?
- Union Home ministry’s decided on deporting Rohingyas back to their state.
- This move needs reconsideration
What is the current situation of Rohingyas in India?
- Many Rohingyas living in India have long term visas and refugee cards issued by the United National High Commission for Refugees, or UNHCR.
- Majority of Rohingyas who fled to India are working for lower wages in Uttar Pradesh or Jammu or Haryana.
- The reason why a lot of them make their way to Jammu is because the avenues for employment in the unorganised sector are more.
- The men mostly work as scrap dealers and construction workers, making anything between Rs 150 to Rs 300 a day, while the women mostly stay at home to take care of the children.
What are the problems Rohingyas are facing in India?
- There are reported complaints open drains, unsanitary surroundings and slum-like conditions in the Rohingya camps across India.
- Few children has been dead due to pneumonia, during the winter winds.
- Snakes make a regular appearance during rains, as so do outbreak of dengue, diarrhoea and other diseases.
- Some women refugees have reported instances of harassment.
- The deporting announcements by Union government also made the community anxious.
Why Rohingyas should not be deported now?
- Deporting Rohingyas is against the constitutional guarantees to refugees in India.
- It is also against the principle of non-refoulement.
- The principle of non-refoulementor not sending back refugees to a place where they face danger is a principle of customary international law and is a part of various conventions that India has ratified.
- Many individuals remain in internally displaced camps in the central Rakhine state at this situation it is inhumane to deport them back to their nation.
Source: Business Standard
