UN launches an enquiry into Rohingya refugees being solid into the ocean by Indian naval vessels

A scene on the Rohingya camp in Kalindi Kunj, in New Delhi on October 26, 2022.
| Photograph Credit score: Sushil Kumar Verma

The United Nations has launched an inquiry after experiences surfaced of Rohingya refugees being pressured off an Indian naval vessel into the Andaman sea.

The physique has introduced the appointment of a UN skilled to inquire into the “unconscionable, unacceptable acts” and urged the Indian authorities to chorus from inhumane and life-threatening therapy of Rohingya refugees, together with their repatriation into perilous situations in Myanmar.

“The concept that Rohingya refugees have been solid into the ocean from naval vessels is nothing in need of outrageous. I’m looking for additional info and testimony concerning these developments and implore the Indian authorities to offer a full accounting of what occurred,” mentioned an announcement by Tom Andrews, UN Particular Rapporteur on the state of affairs of human rights in Myanmar.

Mr. Andrews added that on March 3, he had despatched a communication to the Authorities of India, elevating issues in regards to the widespread, arbitrary and indefinite detention of refugees and asylum seekers, together with Rohingya refugees, from Myanmar, in addition to allegations of the refoulement of refugees to Myanmar. It known as on the Authorities of India to finish the arbitrary detention of refugees from Myanmar and supply entry to locations of detention.

“The Authorities of India should instantly and unequivocally repudiate unconscionable acts towards Rohingya refugees, cease all deportations to Myanmar, and be certain that these answerable for these blatant violations of India’s worldwide obligations are held accountable,” Mr. Andrews mentioned.