Plea to deport Rohingya Muslims: Won't give any undertaking says Centre in SC

While the bench posted the matter for September 11, advocate Prashant Bhushan, appearing for the two Rohingya immigrants, wanted an assurance that during the pendency of the petition, the Centre will

The Centre refused to undertake before the Supreme Court that it would not deport the Rohingya Muslims during the pendency of a petition. A petition in the Supreme Court challenged the decision of the Government to deport the 40,000 Rohingya Muslims on the ground that they are illegal immigrants.

The Supreme Court sought to know the stand of the government on the issue. Two Rohingya Muslims represented by senior advocate Prashanth Bhushan said the decision to deport violated international human rights conventions.

While the bench posted the matter for September 11, advocate Prashant Bhushan, appearing for the two Rohingya immigrants, wanted an assurance that during the pendency of the petition, the Centre will not take any step including deportation of the immigrants.

The ASG made it clear that he was not making any statement. Violent attacks allegedly by Myanmarese armymen have led to an exodus of Rohingya tribals from the western Rakhine state in that country to India and Bangladesh. Many of them, who had fled to India after the earlier spate of violence, have settled in Jammu, Hyderabad, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi-NCR and Rajasthan.

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