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Plea filed in Supreme Court seeking immediate deportation of Rohingyas

Plea filed in Supreme Court seeking immediate deportation of Rohingyas

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The plea comes at a time when a petition seeking a stay on the expulsion of the Rohingyas from India has been taken up by the top court

A plea to identify and deport Rohingya refugees in India was filed in the Supreme Court on Thursday by the Chennai-based trust Indic Collective.

The plea claims that "accommodating Rohingyas in India is equivalent to inviting wretchedness, turbulence, and disturbance on Indian soil."

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The plea comes at a time when a petition filed by two Rohingya refugees seeking a stay on the expulsion of the Rohingyas has been taken up by the top court.

The plea to deport Rohingyas describes the refugee community as "a face of Islamic terror".

It also claims that their settlement is a social, economic and security threat to India.

"Around 40,000 Rohingyas residing in India as illegal immigrants pose a serious threat not only to national security but also to peacefully living Indian citizens," the plea says.

The plea acknowledges the plight of the Rohingya refugees, terming it a "humanitarian disaster", but says "India cannot solve this crisis by importing and welcoming it."