Sushma calls Sheikh Hasina, assures Bangladesh of support on its stand on Rohingya refugees

As international condemnation grows against Myanmar to take back the Rohingya refugees , External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj called Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina assuring her of New Delhi's full support over the  crisis.

Sushma Swaraj told Sheikh Hasina that India is ready to help Bangladesh in urging Myanmar to take back Rohingya Muslims hit by ethnic violence.

"India's position is same as Bangladesh's over the Rohingya issue. She (Sushma Swaraj) also spoke about India pushing Myanmar both bilaterally and multilaterally so that they take back their refugees," Bangladesh PM's deputy press secretary Nazrul Islam said.

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has also called upon the Myanmar government to allow thousands of Rohingyas  to return to their homes.

Prime Minister Hasina also said she will raise the Rohingya issue at the UN General Assembly currently under way in New York.

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According to the UN office in Bangladesh, more than 3 lakh Rohingyas have fled into Bangladesh from Myanmar since violence broke out in Rakhine on August 25.

In India, nearly 40,000 Rohingya Muslims are staying illegally while another 14,000 have been registered with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Majority of these illegal Rohinya immigrants have settled in Jammu, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Hyderabad, Delhi-NCR and Rajasthan.

The Centre has said that illegal immigrants like Rohingyas pose grave security challenges as they could be recruited by terror groups and directed states to identify them and subsequently deport them.

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