The three Rohingyas deported, a father and his children, had been imprisoned since 2013 on charges related to lack of documentation. On 3 January 2019, India separated and forcibly returned five other members of their family to Myanmar. The experts expressed their serious concerns with the Indian legal and administrative processes for refugee status determination. "The deportation of the Rohingya to Myanmar speaks to a system of refugee status determination that fails to account for the ongoing, credible reports of ethnic and religious minority persecution in that country," the experts said. The experts have relayed their concerns to the Indian authorities.

Source: Dhaka Tribune April 03, 2019 05:48 UTC