India detains scores of Rohingya ahead of expected deportation to Myanmar

Occupied Srinagar, March 7 (AFP/APP):Scores of Rohingya, who fled persecution in Myanmar, are being held in a detention centre in the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir, an official said Sunday, after being rounded up ahead of their expected deportation to the protest-wracked nation. At least 168 people from the Muslim minority from Buddhist-dominated Myanmar have been picked up by authorities in the IIOJK since Saturday, Jammu’s Inspector General of Police, Mukesh Singh, said. “After nationality verification of these immigrants, details will be sent to the Ministry of External Affairs in Delhi to be taken up with Myanmar for their … Continue reading India detains scores of Rohingya ahead of expected deportation to Myanmar