Rohingya Refugees In New Delhi Get Apartment, Police Protection

Previously, the Rohingya who escaped persecution back home were unwelcome

Rohingya refugees from Myanmar in New Delhi will be allotted apartments and provided with police protection, a minister said, signalling a change in the stance towards members of the Muslim minority.

“India has always welcomed those who have sought refuge,” Minister for Housing and Urban affairs Hardeep Singh Puri said on Twitter, outlining new provisions for Rohingya refugees in India’s capital.

“India respects and follows UN Refugee Convention 1951, provides refuge to all, regardless of their race, religion or creed,” Puri said.

Puri did not elaborate on what he said would be “round-the- clock” police protection but there have been isolated incidents of violence towards Rohingya in India.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has previously tried to send back members of the Muslim minority from predominantly Buddhist Myanmar, hundreds of thousands of whom have fled from persecution and waves of violence in their homeland over the years. – Reuters.

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