Supreme Court to hear Rohingya petition on January 31

Supreme Court to hear Rohingya petition on January 31

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The apex court has posted all petitions relating to the deportation of Muslim Rohingya refugees for a detailed hearing in January

The Supreme Court has scheduled the hearing for Rohingya refugees deportation on January 31.

The apex court has posted all petitions relating to the deportation of Muslim Rohingya refugees for a detailed hearing in January.

The Centre had earlier filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court on the issue of deportation of Rohingya Muslims from India.

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The centre told the apex court that the presence of Rohingyas in the country posed a threat to the national security of the country.Besides being a security threat because of links to the ISI and the IS, Rohingyas will exhaust natural resources meant for Indian citizens resulting in hostility and social tensions, the centre added.

The argument was based on an information received from intelligence inputs which suggested that some of the Rohingya's had links with Pak -based terror groups.

The Public Interest Litigation was filed by two Rohingya Muslims challenging the Indian government's decision to deport around 40,000 people of the community.

In their petition, the two Rohingya immigrants, Mohammad Salimullah and Mohammad Shaqir, argue that they had taken refuge in India after escaping from Myanmar due to widespread discrimination, violence and bloodshed against the community there.

Another Rohingya refugee then filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court of India, denying the Indian government's claims that the Muslim community from Myanmar has terror links with Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and the Islamic State. The affidavit states that the Rohingyas should be treated at par with Tibetan and Sri Lankan refugees.

Over 40,000 Rohingyas are living in India as refugees.

These refugees have been settled in Jammu and Kashmir, Hyderabad, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi-NCR and Rajasthan.

About half a million Rohingya's were forced to flee Myanmar in order to escape the deadly violence.

The UN has described the Rohingya exodus as ethnic cleansing.