He said much of the Rohingya trouble has genesis in demand for self-rule, a separate home-land within Myanmar.
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Almost 100 members of the Salcette Muslim Forum in Margao, located 35 km south of Panaji, took out the march.
Meanwhile, wild elephants have trampled to death two Rohingya Muslims in Bangladesh, when they rampaged through a settlement where the refugees were taking shelter after fleeing a military offensive in neighbouring Myanmar.
“We have asked the law enforcement agencies and the local administration to take measures so that the Rohingya population do not move out of the areas earmarked for them”, he said.
Rohingya Muslim refugees camp on a road near the Balukhali refugee camp in Bangladesh on September 19.
The prime minister said all forms of atrocities against the Rohingya Muslims must be stopped immediately and “safe zones” may be created insideMyanmarto protect the innocent civilians, especially women, children and elderly. The Myanmar government considers the Rohingya to be economic migrants from Bangladesh.
The affidavit states that it has been “found by the Central Government that numerous Rohingyas figure in the suspected sinister designs of ISIS/other extremist groups who want to achieve their ulterior motives in India including that of flaring up communal and sectarian violence in sensitive areas of the country”.
When the Ministry of Home Affairs files on Monday in the Supreme Court its response to the apex court’s notice on a petition challenging the ministry’s deportation order of Rohingyas from India, BJP leaders do not see any scope for dilution of the Government stand.
No Rohingya refugees in Sri Lanka, Ministry affirms Mon, Sep 18, 2017, 09:30 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka.
The government said the decision on whether Rohingya refugees should be allowed to remain in the country should be made by the government.
“Even Tibetans, Afghans and Lankans who came from their respective countries fearing persecution were illegal the day they crossed over”. In less than a month, some 421,000 Rohingya have fled to Bangladesh, one of the world’s poorest countries, as the United Nations and others raise allegations of ethnic cleansing. “If there is credible evidence of militancy against individuals, that should be brought before the court”, said HRW’s South Asia director Meenakshi Ganguly.
The latest refugee exodus followed a Myanmar military offensive against Rohingya rebels who attacked government posts on August 25.
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UN Secretary-General said millions of people are living in dread as a result of North Korea’s provocative nuclear and missile tests. It will only create more uncertainty for the Rohingyas. According to Bangladesh, around 3,000 Rohingya have been killed in the crackdown.
