India is planning to deport tens of thousands of Rohingya Muslims it says are living in the country illegally.<\/p>\n
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India is planning to deport tens of thousands of Rohingya Muslims it says are living in the country illegally.<\/p>\n
A government spokesman said on Friday that New Delhi was in talks with Bangladesh and Myanmar about its plan to deport around 40,000 Rohingya Muslims.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese things are being discussed at [the] diplomatic level with both Bangladesh and Myanmar,\u201d Interior Ministry spokesman K.S. Dhatwalia said. \u201cMore clarity will emerge at an appropriate time.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Indian government says only around 14,000 of the Rohingya Muslims living in the country are registered with the United Nations (UN)\u2019s refugee agency and that the rest are considered illegal and liable to be deployed.<\/p>\n
Reacting to the announcement, the Indian office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees said it was \u201ctrying to find the facts\u201d about the plans to deport the Rohingya Muslims.<\/p>\n
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