GAUHATI, India — India on Thursday deported a second small group of Rohingya Muslims to Myanmar after ordering the expulsion of members of the Myanmar minority group and others who entered the country illegally. In October, India deported a first group of seven Rohingya Muslims for entering the country illegally in 2012. About 700,000 Rohingya have fled to Bangladesh since August 2017 to escape a brutal campaign of violence by Myanmar’s military. An estimated 40,000 other Rohingya have taken refuge in parts of India. Some have taken refuge in northeast India bordering Bangladesh and Myanmar.

Source: Washington Post January 03, 2019 13:18 UTC