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'India put us on the boat like captives - then threw us in the sea'
BBC ^ | 08/28/2025 | Samira Hussain

Posted on 08/28/2025 4:11:57 PM PDT by BenLurkin

40 Rohingya refugees allegedly deported by the Indian government to Myanmar...

Three months after they were removed from India's capital, the BBC managed to contact the refugees.... Most are staying with the Ba Htoo Army (BHA), a resistance group fighting the military in the south-west of the country.

On 6 May the 40 Rohingya refugees...were taken to their local police stations under the guise of collecting biometric data. This is a yearly process mandated by the Indian government where Rohingya refugees are photographed and fingerprinted. After several hours they were taken to the Inderlok Detention Centre in the city, they told the BBC.

On 7 May, the refugees said they were taken to Hindon airport, just east of Delhi, where they boarded planes to the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, an Indian territory in the Bay of Bengal.

The next day, on 8 May, at about 19:00 local time (12:30 GMT), the refugees were told to climb down a ladder on the side of the naval vessel. Below, they described seeing four smaller rescue boats, black and made of rubber.

The refugees were made to board two of the boats, 20 on each and accompanied by several of the people transporting them. The two other boats, which led the way, had more than a dozen personnel on them. For more than seven hours, they travelled with their hands tied.

He said they were given life jackets, their hands were untied - and they were told to jump into the water. "We held on to the rope and swam more than 100m to get to the shore," he said, adding that they were told that they had reached Indonesia.

Then the people who'd taken them there left.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: india; invaders; ohnoanyway

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1 posted on 08/28/2025 4:11:57 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

The Rohingya Muslims are from Bangladesh, and neither India nor Myanmar want them.


2 posted on 08/28/2025 4:18:27 PM PDT by SauronOfMordor (You’ve not seen the darkness in the hearts of men who realize no one is coming to save them.)
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To: BenLurkin

We need to send all those H1B Indians back the same way.


3 posted on 08/28/2025 4:25:20 PM PDT by Rightwing Conspiratr1
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To: Rightwing Conspiratr1

Let’s see. India went to bat for East Bangladesh in’71.

Only 40 of them? Non-issue.


4 posted on 08/28/2025 4:35:19 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: BenLurkin

Proper deportation. Now get ready for target practice on the rafts and boats.


5 posted on 08/28/2025 5:03:55 PM PDT by Glad2bnuts
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To: BenLurkin

Burma doesn’t want them either.


6 posted on 08/28/2025 5:21:18 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: BenLurkin

It will always be Burma to me!


7 posted on 08/28/2025 5:26:40 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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To: BenLurkin
Stop trying to break into other people's countries.

Ask politely and show that you have something to contribute and you will find someplace that will let you in.

8 posted on 08/28/2025 5:32:19 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear ( Not my circus. Not my monkeys. But I can pick out the clowns at 100 yards.)
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To: BenLurkin

Why is the BBC tracking down deported illegals ?


9 posted on 08/28/2025 5:49:25 PM PDT by libh8er
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To: libh8er

Because they are Muslim.


10 posted on 08/28/2025 6:23:01 PM PDT by Tom Tetroxide (Psalm 146:3 "Do not trust in princes, in the Son of Man, who has no salvation.")
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To: Rightwing Conspiratr1

Agreed.


11 posted on 08/29/2025 3:39:48 AM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: BenLurkin

Well done operation.


12 posted on 08/29/2025 5:47:07 AM PDT by exPBRrat
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To: BenLurkin

India know how to deport.


13 posted on 08/29/2025 5:50:55 AM PDT by kenmcg (ti hi o)
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To: SauronOfMordor

“The Rohingya Muslims are from Bangladesh”

No. They were driven out of Burma and hundreds of thousands took refuge in Bangladesh.


14 posted on 08/29/2025 8:49:22 AM PDT by Wuli (uire)
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