File photo of the Rohingya camp in Kalindi Kunj in Nový Delhí. News have emerged that the Royingya refugees were forced to be forced by an Indian naval vessel to the Andaman Sea. | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma
The Folk Union for Civil Freedom (PUCL) strongly condemned the alleged deportation of 40 refugees from Rohingya of India and described the reported action as “illegal”, “inhuman” and equal “duplicate deportation” in breach of both domestic and international legal obligation.
In a detailed statement issued this week, Pucl claimed that the refugees were forcibly removed from the capital and transported to the Andaman and Nicobar islands before they were abandoned in international waters near the conflictharyi conflictharyi along the Maritime Border Myanmar-Thai.
According to PUCL, the deportation was secretly detention – many of which were registered with the UN High Commissioners for Refugees (UNHCR) – under the pretext of collecting biometric data. Individuals, detained by the Police Delhi, were reportedly moved to various police stations before they were moved to the detention center of the IndeRlock. Although the authorities initially claimed that the transfer was for biometric processing, refugees were subsequently overflowed to Port Blair.
“Shocking that 43 detainees were not released after the biometric collection. Instead, they were bound, handcuffs and placed on board naval vessels. After reaching the naval border near Myanmar, they were thrown into international waters,” Pucl said. Among the deported were minors, older individuals and people with serious health conditions, including cancer.
Kavita Srivastava, President Pucl, criticized the government’s approach Narendra modi-government to the refugee policy and compared it with a hard immigration attitude of the former Trump administration in the United States. “It seems that BJP has accepted the paradigm of ignoring the rule of law and court supervision. This so -called” pushback “policy, as the Assam Chief Minister of Hisant Bisw Sarma said, is an obvious violation of constitutional standards and international humanitarian principles,” Mrs. Srvastava.
Sound recording from one of the survivors, shared with PUCL, details of the alleged poor handling on board naval ships, including physical abuse, interrogation and sexual harassment. “We were charged with involvement in the terrorist attack of Pahalgam. When we denied it, we were told that we were pretending. Women were abused. In the end we were abandoned at sea,” says the survivor.
General Secretary of Pucl Dr. V. Suresh noted that the government of the National Unity of Myanmar confirmed the presence of 40 saved individuals Rohingya, which are now under their protection. However, the stay of others remains unknown and other reports suggest that at least 14 other refugees were illegally detained and subjected to violence in custody.
“This is a serious violation of India’s obligations under international law, including the Convention for the Prevention and Penal of the Criminal Activities of Genocide, which was ratified by India in 1959,” Suresh. “Rohingya is one of the most persecuted minorities in the world. Returning is full of conflicts and the accusation of genocide is morally uncontrollable.”
Pucl also pointed to the hearing of the Supreme Court of May 8, during which the judiciary refused to intervene in the reason for the reported deportation. The Union’s government allegedly claimed that Article 19 (1) (a). E) a constitution that guarantees the right to stay in any part of India only applies to citizens. Pucl faced this position and stated that Article 21 – The Right to Life and Personal Freedom – applies to “all persons” and is not dependent on citizenship.
Despite the fact that India is not a signatory of the 1951 refugee Convention, Pucl claimed that deportation procedures are bound by the Act on Foreigners and related legal framework. The organization claimed that the treatment of refugees represents torture and violates India’s obligations according to the UN Convention against torture.
“The Indian government has effectively undermined the proper process and legal protection for one of the most vulnerable refugee groups in the world,” Pucl concluded. “This means a worrying moment in the Indian history of human rights.”
According to International refugees, approximately 22,500 refugees from Rohingya in UnhCr India are currently registered. Many people live under uncertain conditions, facing systemic violations of their rights.
Published – 16 May 2025 14:12
