{"id":27133,"date":"2017-09-14T16:18:09","date_gmt":"2017-09-14T10:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/?p=27133"},"modified":"2017-09-15T12:11:16","modified_gmt":"2017-09-15T06:41:16","slug":"rohingya-issue-suu-kyi-india-intransigence-carries-explanations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/india-news\/rohingya-issue-suu-kyi-india-intransigence-carries-explanations\/","title":{"rendered":"Rohingya issue: Suu Kyi-India intransigence carries few explanations"},"content":{"rendered":"
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]~By Lilly Paul<\/strong><\/p>\n Rohingya immigrants in India were given Long Term Visas in 2012 (valid till 2015), but this has been discontinued<\/em><\/p>\n As the problem of the forced Rohingya exodus increases, so does the criticism of Myanmar\u2019s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi. She has not only been unable to stop the fleeing of these persecuted people but has been rather timid in her comments, having said that the situation is being twisted by a \u201chuge iceberg of misinformation\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cWe make sure that all the people in our country are entitled to protection of their rights as well as, the right to, not just political but social and humanitarian defence\u201d, she reportedly told Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a phone call on September 5.<\/p>\n There has been a move to ask the Nobel Committee to take back her Nobel Peace Prize. And, amid this hue and cry, Suu Kyi has decided not to attend the United Nations General Assembly this year. The Assembly is expected to discuss the Rohingya crisis in its session from\u00a0September 19 to 25<\/span>. Instead, Suu Kyi is expected to speak over a televised address on\u00a0September 19<\/span>.<\/p>\n The UN Security Council, after its meeting on September 13, issued its first statement on Myanmar\u00a0in nine years<\/span>. It has publicly condemned the violence and called on Myanmar to end its campaign against Rohingyas. The 15-member Council held its meeting behind closed doors at the request of Sweden and Britain.<\/p>\n The United Nations Human Rights Commissioner chief Zeid Ra\u2019ad Al Hussein called the Myanmar situation a textbook example of ethnic cleansing and also criticised India for its plan to deport Rohingyas at a time of violence in their country.<\/p>\n <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n However, the Indian government is rather stiff towards UNHCR and its refugee undertakings in the country. Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju had earlier clarified that all illegal immigrants would be deported including the ones who have been issued ID cards by the UNHCR. There are 16,500 UN identified Rohingya refugees in India.<\/p>\n UNHCR told India Legal: \u201cUNHCR is aware of the media articles reporting on the government\u2019s plan to deport Rohingya. UNHCR has not received any official communication from the government in this regard and there are no reported instances of deportations of UNHCR registered Rohingya from India.\u201d<\/p>\n Apart from being criticised by the UNHCR, India is also upsetting its immediate neighbours with its pro-Myanmar stand. According to reports, it was Bangladesh which was the reason behind India\u2019s changed stance on the Rohingya refugee crisis. After Bangladesh High Commissioner Syed Muazzem Ali met India\u2019s Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar, the Ministry of External Affairs released a statement declaring its concern over the situation in Rakhine and over the outflow of refugees from that region.<\/p>\n