Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju on Wednesday firmly stated that Rohingya Muslims are illegal immigrants and will not be allowed to reside in India for a longer time.
Bangladesh has signed a deal with Myanmar to return hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims who fled a recent army crackdown.
Bangladesh Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali said a total of 3,000 Rohingya Muslims were killed since August 25, following the army operation in the Rakhine State of Myanmar.
At least 12 people have died after a boat packed with Rohingya Muslims fleeing violence in Myanmar capsized near Bangladesh.
Myanmar State Councillor Aung San Suu Kyi has broken her silence on the Rohingya crisis in the country and has said that the government does not fear scrutiny by the international community, even as more than 4,00,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled from the northern Rakhine State.
Rohingya Muslims, who have taken refuge in Cox’s Bazar and Teknaf border areas in Bangladesh after they fled the barbarous persecution in Myanmar’s Rakhine State, are now suffering due to an absence of food, shelters, medicines, sanitation facilities and clean water.
Ambassador Rajiv K. Chander, the Permanent Representative of India to the UN, expressed its disapproval with remarks made by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein.
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