India sends seven Rohingya to border to be deported to Myanmar despite U.N. alarm


  • World
  • Wednesday, 03 Oct 2018

GUWAHATI (Reuters) - Indian police bused seven Rohingya Muslims to the border on Wednesday to be deported to neighbouring Myanmar for illegal entry, officials and activists said, the first such move against the community.

An estimated 40,000 Rohingya, a stateless Muslim minority, live in India after having fled persecution in Buddhist-majority Myanmar over the years. The seven men being sent back had been held in prison since 2012 for illegal entry into the country.

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