GAUHATI, India — India plans to send seven Rohingya Muslims back to Myanmar, in the first deportation of members of the Myanmar minority group since the Home Ministry ordered state authorities last year to identify and deport them and other illegal immigrants. ADVERTISEMENTMahanta said the seven are likely to be handed over to Myanmar border guards on Thursday. On Wednesday, the seven were taken in a bus from the prison to the border town of Moreh in Manipur state, Mahanta said. An estimated 40,000 Rohingya have taken refuge in various parts of India. Some have taken refuge in India’s northeast bordering Bangladesh and Myanmar.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer October 03, 2018 10:52 UTC