India for Indians: Rohingya Muslim deportations
begin, angering UN, by Ann Corcoran, 10/7/18.
Just
a quick mention so that you know that one advanced country after another is
tightening borders and getting its illegal migrants sent home. We
reported on Denmark yesterday, here.
Heartburn at the UN?
Here
is the Washington Post,
but a similar story can be found at many media outlets: India
deports Rohingya Muslims, drawing U.N. ire
NEW DELHI — India deported seven Rohingya Muslims who had fled their
native Myanmar back to their country Thursday, sparking concerns that the move
could endanger their lives and violate international laws that protect
refugees.
Rohingya protesters in New Delhi in
2017. Indian government says they have ties to terror groups.
The move comes as India’s ruling Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata
Party has escalated its rhetorical attacks on migrants who have entered the
country illegally.
The
party’s powerful president, Amit Shah, has repeatedly promised to deport all
such migrants, and portrayed them as a security threat. At a public rally in
September, he
likened them to “termites.”
The
northeastern state of Assam, where the seven men were imprisoned since 2012,
has been ramping up efforts to identify and deport immigrants who are in the
country illegally.
“If someone enters the country illegally, we will send them back,” Bharat Bhushan Babu, spokesman for
India’s Home Affairs Ministry, said. When asked if that included people fleeing
violence in their native countries, he said, “This is applicable to everyone.”
An
additional 40,000 Rohingya refugees are thought to be in India, although only
18,000 are registered with the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
Many of India’s Rohingya refugees came before the most recent wave of violence
in 2017. A statement from the UNHCR said the seven men deported Thursday were
not registered with the agency.
More here.
Rohingya to the USA! No
Muslim ban….
Just
so you know, Rohingya Muslims are being resettled in the US by the Trump
Administration, see here.
In June, Rohingya were the top ethnic group of Muslims we were admitting.
Norb Leahy, Dunwoody
GA Tea Party Leader
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