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New Indian Express
13-05-2025
- Politics
- New Indian Express
Centre forcibly deports 43 Rohingya refugees by abandoning them in international waters: Plea in Supreme Court
A fresh writ petition has been filed in the Supreme Court claiming that 43 Rohingya refugees were detained by the police and forcibly deported by the Indian government to Myanmar via Port Blair. The petition said the batch of refugees, including women, children and elderlies, were abandoned in the international waters, Live Law reports. The Supreme Court bench of Justice Surya Kant, Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice N Kotiswar Singh is currently hearing cases relating to the deportation and living conditions of Rohingya refugees. The court was informed on May 8, when the matter was listed, about the fact that a batch of refugees with United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) cards were arrested by the police on May 7 late night and deported, despite the matter being listed. However, the court, without passing any interim directions, listed the matter for July 31. Meanwhile, two Rohingya refugees in Delhi have filed a new PIL alleging that some of the refugees in their group were arrested by the Delhi police on the pretext of collecting biometric data. They were taken away and held in various police stations. Later, they were flown to Port Blair, where they were forcibly put on naval ships with their hands tied and blindfolded. Among them include women, children and elderly persons. The petition alleged that the refugees were abandoned in the international waters. The refugees were forced to swim to a nearby shoreline turned out to be Myanmar.
Time of India
01-05-2025
- Time of India
Yemeni family, including 3 kids, deported from Ajmer for violating visa rules
Ajmer: A Yemen citizen, along with his wife and three children, has been deported back to his country from Ajmer due to violation of visa rules in obtaining a refugee card for himself and his family through the United Nations High Commission for Refugees. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now He was studying at a private university in Ajmer. In March this year, a Nigerian student was also issued a leave India notice on March 7 because he overstayed while studying at a private university in Ajmer. Additional SP, CID, (Visa), Rajesh Meena said that Yemen citizen, Abdullah Saleh, took admission in the PhD programme at the private university in 2022. However, he was not regularly attending the university and was not residing consistently in Ajmer. The student, his wife, and three children lived with him on a valid visa. The department's investigation against him found that he was violating visa rules. Consequently, he was issued a leave India notice on April 29 and deported along with his family to Yemen. TNN
