Union Home ministry’s decided on deporting Rohingyas back to their state.
This move needs reconsideration
What is the current situation of Rohingyas in India?
Many Rohingyas living in India have long term visas and refugee cards issued by the United National High Commission for Refugees, or UNHCR.
Majority of Rohingyas who fled to India are working for lower wages in Uttar Pradesh or Jammu or Haryana.
The reason why a lot of them make their way to Jammu is because the avenues for employment in the unorganised sector are more.
The men mostly work as scrap dealers and construction workers, making anything between Rs 150 to Rs 300 a day, while the women mostly stay at home to take care of the children.
What are the problems Rohingyas are facing in India?
There are reported complaints open drains, unsanitary surroundings and slum-like conditions in the Rohingya camps across India.
Few children has been dead due to pneumonia, during the winter winds.
Snakes make a regular appearance during rains, as so do outbreak of dengue, diarrhoea and other diseases.
Some women refugees have reported instances of harassment.
The deporting announcements by Union government also made the community anxious.
Why Rohingyas should not be deported now?
Deporting Rohingyas is against the constitutional guarantees to refugees in India.
It is also against the principle of non-refoulement.
The principle of non-refoulementor not sending back refugees to a place where they face danger is a principle of customary international law and is a part of various conventions that India has ratified.
Many individuals remain in internally displaced camps in the central Rakhine state at this situation it is inhumane to deport them back to their nation.
