New Delhi: The National Human Rights Commission or the NHRC said today that it has raised the issue of Rohingyas on humanitarian grounds, but the government refused to comment on the fact that “illegal immigrants” will be deported.
“We are raising the issue of Rohingya on humanitarian grounds. I can not comment on the government line,” said NHRC Justice (Retd) HL Dattu, during a seminar on Good Governance and Humanity in New Delhi by Rights Body.
Home Minister Rajnath Singh had said in the seminar that the Rohingya were illegal immigrant, not refugees and would be deported.
The National Human Rights Commission recently issued notice to the Center on its plan to expel Rohingyas, who live in different parts of India.
According to the commission, in this case “interference is appropriate” from the angle of human rights.