No plan yet to deport Rohingya:

No plan yet to deport Rohingya:

Context

• States have been asked only to identify ‘illegal’ immigrants so far and act as per procedure

What is the united nation’s opinion?

• United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein has asked India to not carry out collective expulsions where they risk torture or other violations
• Mr. Rijiju, while reacting to Mr. Hussein’s statement had stated that the United Nations and other international organizations do not understand the internal security or national security problems of India.

What is India’s stand?

•  In an official communication issued on August 8, the Home Ministry directed the States to conduct surveys and prepare to deport Rohingya in a continuous manner.
• Lawyer Prashant Bhushan moved the Supreme Court against the order to “protect their life and liberty”.
• The court will hear the matter on September 18
• Addressing the 36th Session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva Mr Hussein insisted to halt India from deporting Rohingya at a time of such violence against them in their country.
•  Some 40,000 Rohingya have settled in India and 16,000 of them have received refugee documentation.

What does the law say?

• The Minister of State for Home Affairs has reportedly said that because India is not a signatory to the Refugee Convention, the country can dispense with international law on the matter, together with basic human compassion.
• However, by virtue of customary law, its ratification of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the obligations of due process and the universal principle of non-refoulement (a number of international instruments relating to refugees), India cannot carry out collective expulsions, or return people to a place where they risk torture or other serious violations.”
• India’s shift in position on the Myanmar issue was prompted by a series of requests from the Bangladesh government “at the highest levels”.