{"id":35174,"date":"2018-10-31T15:36:38","date_gmt":"2018-10-31T10:06:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=35174"},"modified":"2018-10-31T15:36:38","modified_gmt":"2018-10-31T10:06:38","slug":"embrace-the-rohingya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/embrace-the-rohingya\/","title":{"rendered":"Embrace the Rohingya:\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/opinion\/columns\/rohingya-muslim-myanmar-banglades-india-cannot-deport-refugees-kiren-rijiju-4840679\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Embrace the Rohingya<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\">:\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Context<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0Centre needs to re-think its deportation policy as Rohingyas face a grave threat in Myanmar<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Governments decision against all immigrants including 14,000 Rohingya is sought to be justified on the grounds that<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">They are \u201csusceptible\u201d to recruitment by \u201cterror\u201d groups<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">They \u201cnot only infringe on the rights of Indian citizens but also pose grave security challenges\u201d.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>On legal grounds<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The purported deportation of the Rohingya from India is almost legally untenable as the government is bound by customary international law to respect the principle of non-refoulement.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No government, as per this law, can forcibly push back asylum-seekers to the country they have fled to escape violence, as it might endanger their very survival despite not being a signatory to the 1951 UN Refugee Convention and its 1967 Protocol.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The courts in India have traditionally upheld the rights of refugees facing deportation or forced eviction in different contexts by taking recourse to what is called the \u201ccanon of construction\u201d or a \u201cshadow of refugee law\u201d.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Right to Life under Article 21 of the Indian Constitution has been so interpreted by the SC that it can be extended to anyone living in India irrespective of her nationality.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The apex court is scheduled to hear a petition on the Rohingya issue on September 18.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The flight of nearly 3,00,000 Rohingya to neighboring Bangladesh is a testimony to the wretchedness of their condition<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reports concluded after a 12-month long investigation in the Rakhine State that since October 9, 2016, \u201cthe Rohingya are facing a terrifying new phase in the genocide:<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Mass killings,<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Rapes,<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Village clearings<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And the razing of whole communities, committed with impunity by the Myanmar military and security forces\u201d.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Embrace the Rohingya:\u00a0 Context \u00a0Centre needs to re-think its deportation policy as Rohingyas face a grave threat in Myanmar Governments decision against all immigrants including 14,000 Rohingya is sought to be justified on the grounds that They are \u201csusceptible\u201d to recruitment by \u201cterror\u201d groups They \u201cnot only infringe on the rights of Indian citizens but&hellip; 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