Overview
- Delivering India’s position at the UNGA Third Committee, MP Dilip Saikia called the Special Rapporteur’s assessment biased and without factual basis.
- The report by UN expert Thomas H. Andrews says Myanmar refugees in India reported detentions and threats of deportation after the April attack, including an early-May transfer of about 40 Rohingya from Delhi to the Andamans and alleged removals to Bangladesh.
- Andrews said he wrote to Indian authorities about the alleged operations and is awaiting a formal response after officials pledged to investigate.
- India argued that some displaced persons show alarming radicalisation that affects law and order and urged the UN expert not to rely on skewed media reports.
- Reiterating policy on Myanmar, India called for an immediate halt to violence, release of political prisoners, unhindered humanitarian access and an inclusive political dialogue to restore democracy.