India's Rohingya Deportations: A Desperate Voyage
Forty Rohingya refugees were allegedly deported by India to Myanmar, a country they had fled due to persecution.
In a deeply troubling turn of events, Noorul Amin learned on 9 May that his brother Kairul and four other relatives were among 40 Rohingya refugees forcibly removed from Delhi to Myanmar.
The situation is especially grim as Myanmar is embroiled in a brutal civil war following the 2021 military coup.
The chances of the family reuniting are vanishingly small.The BBC managed to contact the refugees via video call, who were residing with the Ba Htoo Army (BHA), a resistance group battling the military junta.
The refugees expressed their insecurity and fear in Myanmar's war-torn regions.
They had been initially detained under the guise of collecting biometric data and subsequently flown to the Andaman and Nicobar Islands before being placed on an Indian naval vessel, where they were instructed to jump into the sea upon reaching Myanmar’s coast.The United Nations (UN) special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Thomas Andrews, corroborated eyewitness accounts presented to him.
He stated that there is significant evidence proving these allegations, which he presented to India's head of mission in Geneva but has yet to receive a response from the Indian government.
The refugees have filed a petition with India’s Supreme Court seeking their return and an end to similar deportations, though one judge dismissed the claims as 'fanciful ideas.'
The situation is especially grim as Myanmar is embroiled in a brutal civil war following the 2021 military coup.
The chances of the family reuniting are vanishingly small.The BBC managed to contact the refugees via video call, who were residing with the Ba Htoo Army (BHA), a resistance group battling the military junta.
The refugees expressed their insecurity and fear in Myanmar's war-torn regions.
They had been initially detained under the guise of collecting biometric data and subsequently flown to the Andaman and Nicobar Islands before being placed on an Indian naval vessel, where they were instructed to jump into the sea upon reaching Myanmar’s coast.The United Nations (UN) special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Thomas Andrews, corroborated eyewitness accounts presented to him.
He stated that there is significant evidence proving these allegations, which he presented to India's head of mission in Geneva but has yet to receive a response from the Indian government.
The refugees have filed a petition with India’s Supreme Court seeking their return and an end to similar deportations, though one judge dismissed the claims as 'fanciful ideas.'
