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Problems faced by Rohingyas in India

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September 10, 2017

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

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