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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | NHRC to oppose govt's deportation plan for Rohingyas -Neeraj Chauhan

NHRC to oppose govt's deportation plan for Rohingyas -Neeraj Chauhan

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published Published on Sep 16, 2017   modified Modified on Sep 16, 2017
-The Times of India

NEW DELHI: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) will oppose the government's plans to deport 40,000-odd Rohingya Muslim refugees living illegally in the country, when the Centre submits its affidavit on the issue in the Supreme Court on Monday. The rights body will plead against their deportation on "humanitarian grounds' and for fear of persecution if they are sent back.

The ministry of home affairs (MHA) is set to file the affidavit on deportation of Rohingyas whose stay has been termed as "illegal, a security threat and strain on India's resources". NHRC chairperson and former CJI Justice H L Dattu told TOI, "We will intervene in the matter on human grounds. We are a human rights body and if these persons (Rohingyas) are deported back to their country, we see it as a violation of human rights."

The rights body is also likely to cite various orders of the SC in which it has held that fundamental right to life and liberty enshrined under Article 21 of the Constitution applies to all, irrespective of whether they are Indian citizens or not, said sources. Earlier, while issuing a notice to the home ministry last month and criticising its decision to deport Rohingyas, NHRC had stated that "India has been home to refugees for centuries. It has continued to receive a large number of refugees from different countries".

"Even though India is not a signatory to the 1951 Convention on Refugees and also the 1967 Protocol, it is a signatory to a number of United Nations and world conventions on human rights. Till today, the country has evolved a practical balance between human and humanitarian obligations on the one hand and security and national interests on the other," it had stated.

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The Times of India, 16 September, 2017, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/nhrc-to-oppose-govts-deportation-plan-for-rohingyas-likely-to-fight-for-refugees-in-sc/articleshow/60704936.cms


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