GUWAHATI, Dec 26 - As many as 28 persecuted Myanmarese nationals (Rohingya Muslims), who are presently in Assam, including those languishing in detention camps, have decided to formally seek asylum in India through the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
These persecuted Rohingya Muslims of Myanmar, who were apprehended in the State in the last few years for illegally entering the country following persecution, include women and children, official sources confirmed.
The UNHCR is now working on the legal nitty-gritty so that the ‘victims’ are interviewed and granted refugee status.
Sources at Dispur informed this newspaper that the UNHCR has already engaged its legal partner, Human Rights Law Network (HRLN), to study the merits of the case and act accordingly.
As per the information gathered by the HRLN, they have come across 28 such nationals from Myanmar, including 22 of those languishing in detention camps in Golapara, Kokrajhar, Jorhat, Silchar, Dibrugarh and Tezpur.
“The other six are at different stages of legal process,” sources divulged. (Courtesy of The Assam Tribune Online)
