‘Correct position’: Hardeep Puri after MHA rebuttal on Centre’s Rohingya plan

India

oi-Deepika S

New
Delhi,
Aug
17:
After
Centre
denied
any
move
to
shift
Rohingya
Muslims
in
Delhi
to
EWS
flats,
Union
Housing
and
Urban
Affairs
Minister
Hardeep
Singh
Puri
said
the
MHA’s
statement
gives
out
the
“correct
position”.

In
his
earlier
tweet
during
the
day,
Puri,
however,
had
said
that
Rohingya
refugees
would
be
shifted
to
apartments
in
Bakkarwala
in
outer
Delhi
and
would
also
be
provided
basic
amenities
and
police
protection.
Later
in
the
day,
the
MHA
issued
a
press
release,
making
it
clear
that
it
had
not
given
any
directions
to
provide
flats
to
Rohingya
Muslims
in
Delhi
and
asked
the
Arvind
Kejriwal
government
to
ensure
the
illegal
foreigners
remained
at
their
present
location.

The
MHA
also
said
the
Rohingya
illegal
foreigners
are
to
be
kept
in
detention
centres
until
their
deportation
as
per
the
law
and
the
Delhi
government
has
been
directed
to
declare
the
current
site
of
their
stay
as
detention
centre.

“Home
Ministry’s
press
release
with
respect
to
the
issue
of
Rohingya
illegal
foreigners
gives
out
the
correct
position,”
Puri
tweeted
along
with
a
copy
of
MHA’s
statement.

Home
Ministry’s
press
release
with
respect
to
the
issue
of
Rohingya
illegal
foreigners
gives
out
the
correct
position.

https://t.co/NhLPKaJTdg

— Hardeep Singh Puri (@HardeepSPuri)

August
17,
2022

A
Union
Home
Ministry
spokesperson
in
a
statement
on
Twitter
said
that
illegal
foreigners
are
to
be
kept
in
Detention
Centre
till
their
deportation
as
per
law.
The
Government
of
Delhi
has
not
declared
the
present
location
as
a
Detention
Centre.
They
have
been
directed
to
do
the
same
immediately,
the
spokesperson
said.

“With
respect
to
news
reports
in
certain
sections
of
media
regarding
Rohingya
illegal
foreigners,
it
is
clarified
that
the
MHA
has
not
given
any
directions
to
provide
EWS
flats
to
Rohingya
illegal
migrants
at
Bakkarwala
in
New
Delhi,”
spokesperson
also
said.

Earlier
in
the
day,
Puri
tagged
a
news
agency
story
in
his
posts
and
said
those
who
had
made
a
career
out
of
spreading
canards
on
India’s
refugee
policy
deliberately
linking
it
to
CAA
would
be
disappointed.

“India
respects
&
follows
@UN
Refugee
Convention
1951
&
provides
refuge
to
all,
regardless
of
their
race,
religion
or
creed,”
he
said.
“India
has
always
welcomed
those
who
have
sought
refuge
in
the
country.

In
a
landmark
decision
all
#Rohingya
#Refugees
will
be
shifted
to
EWS
flats
in
Bakkarwala
area
of
Delhi.
They
will
be
provided
basic
amenities,
UNHCR
IDs
and
round-the-clock
@DelhiPolice
protection,”
he
said
in
his
earlier
tweet.