Rohingya Muslims to go back irrespective of UN registration says Centre

With the threat of terror looming large, the Union Home Ministry has directed states to identify and deport illegal immigrants.

The government has said that it is very serious about tackling the Rohingya Muslim issue. There are around 40,000 Rohingya Muslims living in India and they are illegal immigrants, the government has said.

The centre has now decided that these persons will be identified and deported irrespective of the UN registration. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has issued identity cards to about 16,500 Rohingya in India that it says help them "prevent harassment, arbitrary arrests, detention and deportation".

Junior interior minister Kiren Rijiju told Reuters that the UNHCR registration was irrelevant. "They are doing it, we can't stop them from registering. But we are not signatory to the accord on refugees," he said.

"As far as we are concerned they are all illegal immigrants They have no basis to live here. Anybody who is illegal migrant will be deported," he also said.

Terror threat looms large:

With the threat of terror looming large, the Union Home Ministry has directed states to identify and deport illegal immigrants. The decision comes in the wake of intelligence inputs suggesting that terror groups may use the Rohingya Muslims to further their activities.

These illegal immigrants not only infringe on the rights of Indian citizens but also pose grave security challenges. The rise of terrorism in last few decades has become a serious concern for most nations as illegal migrants are more vulnerable to getting recruited by terrorist organisations, the communication also reads.

Due to economic and political turmoil in the neighbouring countries, many enter into India. Many are vulnerable and the chances of terror groups using them is very high.

Hence a special task force be set up to identify such persons and deport them, the ministry also said.

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