Public sentiment is deeply divided regarding the deportation of Rohingya refugees from India, with many expressing strong nationalistic support for the government's stance while others vehemently criticize the actions as violations of humanitarian principles. There are prevalent themes of skepticism towards Western nations' involvement and a call for them to take responsibility for the refugee crisis. Many participants emphasize security concerns, while others advocate for compassion and adherence to international laws, leading to a predominantly negative sentiment overall.

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The article is about how India threw Rohingya immigrants into the sea. Even if they were illegal immigrants, this is not how a civilised nation behaves. If you want to justify or ignore this behaviour, you don't belong here.

rahulthewall

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indians view rohingiyas same as maga rednecks view indian immigrants over there yet they act surprised/distraught over the visa overhauls while being apathetic to these

Meringue-Fantastic

What do you expect? you came same way ....

Ornery_Pomelo5113

If your reaction to your country "deporting" people who are fleeing a genocide by *throwing them into the sea to drown* is that they shouldn't have come illegally, then frankly you are too stupid to exist.

Bangladesh currently has the world's largest refugee camp at Kutupalong with almost 700,000 people in it. Do you think they live there, in horrible conditions, because they got bored at home? Their homes are burned, their families killed, shot, raped, thrown into hospitals, their livestock killed, their land taken, they've been kidnapped and used as literal human shields by the opposing army; they've fled, not simply immigrated. If they go back, they'll be murdered.

Here's a link to a Wikipedia article on one msssacre. It has a picture of a group of men and boys just before they were murdered. Look at their faces before you respond. They're unarmed. Their hands are tied behind their backs. They're about to die, and today a bunch of Internet morons sully their memories by calling the people who've survived them "illegal immigrants." As if what has happened to them could not happen to any one of us. No county is safe when such hatred festers in the world.

Inn Din massacre - Wikipedia https://share.google/tMaDCLR2dxKHNirHA

petit_cochon

this can also happen to our citizens after police tears apart their documents and claim they are bangladeshi/rohingya.

Sweaty_Explorer_8441

India is not a Hindu country. It is not a Muslim country. It is a secular country. All persons where Indian or not are accorded human rights by the Indian constitution which gives them the right to be treated with dignity and respect. Everything else is immaterial.    
     
It is baffling to see so many heartless comments on this post by people who don’t understand law or humanity.

Bheegabhoot

To all the people commenting this cruel act was ok, I hope you face this one day. Remember your side won't be on power al time. We have devolved into a country of throwing people in sea and killing animals while the cronies and politicians are looting the country. 

These guys being thrown into the sea are not the reason our country has problems. It's people going in 40 car convoys while citizens die in an ambulance that are responsible for the state the country is in

Paldorei

george_karma

 अयं निजः परो वेति गणना लघुचेतसाम्। उदारचरितानाम् तु वसुधैव कुटुम्बकम्।

Sad to see it happening in the country that believes in Vasudeva Kutumb.

Terrible_Horror

there is this new cruelty amongst most indians since modi was elected

Leather_Noise2487

India's reputation as a global superpower is dead. RSS and Modi killed it.

anonymous_cutie_nerd

There is a growing and widespread rise of islamophobia in India. Discrimination against muslims is on the rise, especially by the BJP and militant hindutva people.

The Rohingyas should not come to India. They be more comfortable in Bangladesh, Pakistan or some other Gulf islamic state. i feel India is doing them a huge and life changing favor by redirecting them elsewhere.

karthikgopakumar

Omg, to think about running away towards india.... you must really be in real hell.

a_temporary_name

JustRecommendation5

Mahn these Rohingyas must have the worst fate . They're living in a country that hate them to death, neither their Ummah neighbours doing anything to them , nor the country they're seeking help is in good shape. Their situation is so bad that even Indonesia can't do anything for them. Even Afghans had USA for support.

ms_regedit

Unfortunately, none of the neighboring countries have developed a collaborative action plan to assist ostracized refugees from any region, without which offering refuge becomes extremely difficult. Hence, India need to deport them.

kaisadusht

We do not have the capability to house refugees when most of our citizenry is starving, once the government takes them in they will be left to their own devices better to deport them to Bangladesh which accepts them or to Myanmar, but I do agree that this method was horrible and inhumane

No_Restaurant_8441

Not just rohingya refugees. Indian citizens have also been pushed into hostile counties at gunpoint. 


As for refugees being illegal, you need read up on the international law to understand how asinine that claim is. 

charavaka

As per the article, one of the military personnel even accused them of being involved in Pahalgam terror attack while throwing them into the sea.

Desperate_Garage_555

Everytime this report gets repeated, it just exaggerates a bit more

Sikander-i-Sani

If Rohingya were Hindu, they wouldn’t have been deported. And that would’ve been a good thing. We are 1.4B, a few more wouldn’t change things one way or another.

mr_uptight

Maybe it's for Pakistan to say that they are the land of the pure and accept these persecuted people.

colablizzard

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g0p0522zeo.amp

“ the court has agreed to hear arguments on 29 September to decide whether the Rohingya can be treated as refugees or if they are illegal immigrants and therefore subject to deportations.

Considering that tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees are living in India, it's not clear why so much effort was devoted to deporting these 40 people.”

toxicbrew

Anas645

This would have only happened on Modi's orders. 

Head_Opportunity2651

This wouldn't have been done if the country had just accepted their people back

MrCoolBoy001

Can we also do the same to these bhakts that are illegally taking refuge in this sub?

tedxtracy

How did these Rohingya enter India in the first place?  

The BSF/Coast Guard officers that allowed this to happen (out of corruption or incompetence) should also be dumped into the sea.

aveihs56m

Medical-Concept-2190

This is the beginning of the end of us as a society 😣

Chuckled_

['India put us on the boat like captives - then threw us in the sea' [BBC]](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g0p0522zeo)

theanonymoussking

Anyone against deportation of Illegal migrants should sit and think and not speak, India already has its own population problem and now we have Rohingyas problem, Heck even Muslim Majority nation don't want to accept them because of Various reasons you can look these things up there are documentaries regarding Rohingyas being denied in Indonesia.

Anyways as long as they are sent back they are someone else's problem.

2D_AbYsS

freestyle_gunner

Bharat has deep hatred of Muslims even desi Muslims.

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This is a complicated issue I don't think we can solve this issue in one go, it's better to interact with mayanmar government and request them to take their people respectful I know it's difficult but still we should help them go back to their home ,but please don't insult them like that because we also didn't liked when Trump send all the illegal indians back like prisoners so we should be careful

Sweet_Yak1726

India has limited resources, plus India is not a signatory to the 1951 UN Refugee Convention, so it is under no obligation to accept them. It's highly unfortunate, and no one should be treated like that. Myanmar, to this day, refuses to recognize them as citizens.

AdEvening8700

Rohingyas are Indians who went to Myanmar many during the British rule of Myanmar. Some accounts suggest much earlier. They can be Hindu or Muslim. Speak Urdu-Hindi and/or Bengali. 

Yes, there has been Writ Petition filed Rohingyas against Government of India for illegal extradition in this route. So BBC report may not be wrong.

Government of India, if it did should be ashamed of such illegal acts. Rule of the Land and Constitution should be uphold at any cost!. I hope High/Supreme Court act on this and not become rubber stamp of Sanghi's!

prags79

The BBC article does not fully address India’s non-signatory status to the 1951 UN Refugee Convention, which legally allows India to treat Rohingya as illegal migrants rather than refugees. While it mentions India’s stance that UNHCR cards are not recognized, it downplays the legal framework (e.g., Foreigners Act, 1946) that permits deportations without due process for non-citizens. This omission could mislead readers unfamiliar with India’s legal position.

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Strong-Ruin4851

Wow they did it with proper planning, now do 10× more and remove all illegals specially from west bengal.

Friendly_Macaroon460

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BeingOMM

Jo naa bhage unka organs bech do .ya slavery kerwo free mai.

Legally: india is not signatory to any global refugee laws/conventions. Therefore, it can technically deny refugee access to the rohingyas. As a country, it chooses who to accept and in this case rohingyas have unfortunately been left out.

rushan3103

We have not signed the Geneva convention for refugees. We cannot violate something that we have not signed.

Sumeru88

What do want to do with them when Myanmar is at a literal civil war and under different controls of rebel forces.who will india mediate with to return them to their homeland. When no one else also wants them

mandyahaida

It’s wrong to throw them in the sea but they are illegal and should not be kept in India. Nuh in Haryana is already a very backward and crime filled region and these Rohingyas are just settling there and making the situation worse for no reason. I am not against Muslim refugees from Afghanistan etc but these people are just going to be a problem like Bangladeshis in the northeast causing havoc and displacing tribals. If anything UN should take action in Myanmar what should we do? Also why can’t they go to Pakistan or Bangladesh, which should ideally be willing to accept them?

ravilawliet

Alot of people are going to cheer for this and appreciate it and then in the same breath seethe at the hate and racism against Ind ians in foreign nations.

devilcross2

Most Rohingya refugees are victims of persecution, not aggressors. While some reports mention violence against Hindus in Myanmar, the overwhelming majority of Rohingya have suffered massacres, rape, and forced displacement by the military.

They come to India mainly because it’s close, accessible, and relatively safe, not because of religious preference.

Security concerns are valid, but assuming all refugees are spreading radical ideology is misguided. Proper registration, screening, and integration policies can protect the country while still upholding humanitarian and legal obligations.

Quiet_Form_2800

Crossing border without visa is illegal. That too they first entered bangladesh and then willfully entered india, that is not acceptable. That is double the crime as per geneva convention

Myanmar is in civil war, so their govt wont accept the refugees back. But seems india gave them life jackets so they can survive in the water.

Critifin

Whilst I would disagree with them gaining asylum, we cannot deal with refugees like this.

unsureNihilist


It can amount to collective expulsion without due process, which is illegal under international law.

It endangers lives, violating the right to life under ICCPR and customary international law.

It breaches the duty to rescue people in distress at sea, recognized under maritime law (e.g. UN Convention on the Law of the Sea and SOLAS Convention).


Other frameworks

UNHCR’s mandate: Even if a country isn’t a signatory, UNHCR (the UN Refugee Agency) still considers asylum-seekers under its protection, and states are expected to cooperate.

Humanitarian norms: The idea that stateless or persecuted groups (like the Rohingya) deserve protection is embedded in multiple UN resolutions.


So, while India isn’t bound by the Refugee Convention, international human rights law, maritime law, and the principle of non-refoulement make it unlawful to simply expel or abandon refugees at sea.

India cannot just throw refugees into the sea, because of other international laws and principles:

Customary International Law: Some refugee protections are considered binding on all states, even if they haven’t signed the Refugee Convention.

Non-refoulement principle: This is the cornerstone of refugee protection. It means a country cannot return people to a place where they face persecution, torture, or serious harm. This principle is recognized as customary law, so it applies to all states, including India.

International Human Rights Treaties: India is party to several treaties that indirectly protect refugees:

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) – prohibits arbitrary deprivation of life and protects against torture or inhuman treatment.

Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) – ensures special protection for refugee and asylum-seeking children.

Convention Against Torture (CAT) – India has signed but not ratified, yet the ban on torture is binding under customary law.

See, this is a two-edged sword - I'm totally against illegal immigration, But People are here just blabbering hate against the conduct. There could have been a better solution, no doubt, but keeping them in our country has its own issues. Rather than spewing hate, just read these articles. 

[https://rli.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2020/01/07/should-india-deport-rohingya-refugees-because-its-soldiers-are-fighting-at-the-borders/](https://rli.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2020/01/07/should-india-deport-rohingya-refugees-because-its-soldiers-are-fighting-at-the-borders/) 

[https://indiafoundation.in/articles-and-commentaries/illegal-immigration-to-india-implications-and-the-way-forward/](https://indiafoundation.in/articles-and-commentaries/illegal-immigration-to-india-implications-and-the-way-forward/) 

[https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-law/rohingya-refugees-supreme-10173839/](https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-law/rohingya-refugees-supreme-10173839/)

Fallen_Knight7

I guess India can takeover Myanmar and sort things out.

Testy2000_101

India hasn’t signed the 1951 Refugee Convention or its 1967 Protocol – the two main treaties on refugee protection. But that doesn’t mean it has no obligations toward Rohingya or other refugees. India is still bound by several other treaties it has signed and ratified:

ICCPR (International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights) – protects the right to life, liberty, and security.

CRC (Convention on the Rights of the Child) – guarantees protection for refugee and asylum-seeking children.

ICESCR (International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights) – ensures basic rights like education, health, and livelihood.

CAT (Convention Against Torture) – signed (not ratified), but the ban on torture and sending people back to face it is binding under customary law.

UDHR (Universal Declaration of Human Rights) – not a treaty, but India has committed to its principles, including the right to seek asylum.

Maritime law (UNCLOS &amp; SOLAS) – obliges India to rescue people in distress at sea, not abandon them.


So even without the Refugee Convention, India is still bound by international human rights law and maritime law. Expelling refugees into dangerous conditions or dumping them at sea breaches those commitments.

Rohingyas are minority Muslims from the state of Rakhine in Myanmar and are victims of genocide. The United Nations has called them the most persecuted minority in the world. Rohingyas should be considered as refugees because they have a well-founded fear of persecution based on their religion. There are roughly 40,000 Rohingya refugees in India with only 18,000 registered with the UNHCR.

https://rli.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2020/01/07/should-india-deport-rohingya-refugees-because-its-soldiers-are-fighting-at-the-borders/

Who knew this subreddit would actually be okay with humans being thrown into sea

MethodAwkward3961

Calling all  rohingya slum dwellers “criminals” oversimplifies things. Illegal entry is an immigration issue, not the same as theft or assault. Refugees often flee without papers—that’s why international law protects them.

The real problem is policy failure: no affordable housing + weak urban planning = encroachments that hurt neighbors. Bulldozing solves nothing; people just move elsewhere. The fix is legal housing options + in-situ upgrading, so both citizens and refugees live without harming each other.

It’s shocking that in 2025 we’re watching India push desperate Rohingya families out to sea like cargo. Let’s be clear—this isn’t about “law and order” or “urban planning.” It’s Hindutva politics turning human suffering into a tool for polarization.

These are people who’ve already faced genocide in Myanmar. Now they’re being treated as if their existence is a crime. No paperwork should matter more than a child’s right to safety, food, and shelter.

Governments that claim to represent dharma and justice can’t justify abandoning entire families to drown just because they’re Muslim. That’s not security—that’s cruelty.

If you believe India should stand for basic humanity, then oppose this policy. Being emphatic here isn’t weakness—it’s the only way to keep our society from normalizing hate over compassion.

Even countries that are overwhelmed with refugees—like Bangladesh, Lebanon, Jordan, or EU states—don’t just drag families onto boats and abandon them at sea. They might restrict movement, keep people in camps, or even pressure them to return eventually, but outright dumping refugees in the ocean is unheard of and considered a gross violation of international norms.

That’s why India’s approach stands out as so cruel. Bangladesh already shelters nearly a million Rohingya in Cox’s Bazar, and Europe has taken in millions from Syria and Ukraine, yet neither has used the tactic of sea-dumping. Whatever one thinks about immigration policy, this specific act crosses into deliberate endangerment of human life.

See https://m.thewire.in/article/government/foreign-minorities-who-came-to-india-before-2025-can-now-stay-without-passport-muslims-excluded

India’s own government policy, as shown in the article, explicitly grants fast-track stay/rights to Hindus, Sikhs, Christians, Buddhists, Jains, and Parsis from neighboring countries—while excluding Muslims.

This is directly tied to the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) logic, which many critics argue is built on Hindutva ideology rather than neutral refugee protection. Under international law, refugee/asylum protection is supposed to be based on risk of persecution, not religion.

So the contradiction is clear:

A Hindu refugee from Bangladesh or Afghanistan gets acceptance without paperwork.

A Muslim refugee (like Rohingya) is treated as illegal and even pushed to sea.

This also directly contradicts our indian constitution which shows no bias towards any religion. The exact reason why Muslims did not migrate to a religious pakistan over a secular India.

That’s why human rights groups and UN agencies keep calling this out—not just as bad refugee policy, but as religious discrimination written into law.

https://m.thewire.in/article/government/foreign-minorities-who-came-to-india-before-2025-can-now-stay-without-passport-muslims-excluded

Violation of National and International Legal principles


The actions by the Indian government violate the international legal principle of non-refoulement which stipulates that a person cannot be forced to return to his/her home country from the host country ‘where they would face torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment and other irreparable harm’. This principle is prescribed under Article 33 of the 1951 Refugee Convention. Although India is not a party to the Convention, non-refoulement is considered to be a principle of customary international law and therefore India continues to be bound by it. UNHCR’s Advisory Opinion looked at the state practices of important non-signatories like Thailand, India, and Pakistan and opinio juris and concluded that the principle of non-refoulement fulfills the two cardinal elements of achieving the status of a custom prescribed under Article 38 (1) International Court of Justice Statute i.e. State Practice and Opinio Juris. In the past, courts in India have respected non-refoulement as a cardinal principle under Article 21 of the Indian Constitution, and the Supreme Court in an earlier issue has asked for detainees to be referred to UNHCR for looking into their refugee status and refused their deportation by recognizing the principle of non-refoulement. Similar decisions have been delivered in Andhra Pradesh High Court and Gujarat High Court.

India’s obligation to follow the principle of non-refoulement arises out of various important International Human Rights treaties as well. This principle is expressed under Article 3 of the United Nations Convention against Torture. Though India has not ratified this Convention, it is still prohibited from taking actions in derogation with the object and purpose of the Convention because it remains a signatory. This principle is also encapsulated under Articles 6 and 7 r/w 4 of International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) which was ratified by India. India also has an obligation to prevent genocide under Article 1 of Genocide Convention, 1948 after it ratified this Convention in 1959. International Court of Justice in Bosnia/Serbia Genocide Case, 2007 held that an obligation to prevent genocide cannot be prevented by territory and hence, all the states have an obligation to employ means reasonably available to them to prevent such a genocide. Hence the Indian government, at the very least, should be discouraging deportation and respecting the idea of voluntary repatriation instead of aggressively advocating for deportation.

By deporting Rohingya refugees, the government has breached many internal and international human rights obligations with no perceivable sanctions. This highlights why some legal positivists especially the Austinian School have expressed their concerns regarding International law’s character as ‘law’ because there is no sovereign commanding the Parliaments of all the states and there are rarely any sanctions, especially for the powerful states. The only sanctions would be criticisms levied by civil society and international organizations like Human Rights Watch, UNHCR, Amnesty International etc. in the case of India which rarely deters states from acting in the manner they fashion.

https://rli.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2020/01/07/should-india-deport-rohingya-refugees-because-its-soldiers-are-fighting-at-the-borders/

https://preview.redd.it/41ofxjqkm6nf1.png?width=483&amp;format=png&amp;auto=webp&amp;s=90ecc605c22a0a51395f73818b3161b9bab4c633

thats what i'm talking about.

before some buffoon come here barking, when you cross multiple border, you are not refugee but an economic migrant.

Subscribing to aggressive right-wing Hindu nationalism in every administrative and legislative action has become a daily affair for the Indian government and national security (border pe jawan lad rahe hai {soldiers are fighting at the borders} is a general catchphrase used as a reason come defence for every action by the Hindu nationalists) has become their panacea for all issues surrounding Rohingya refugees. Majoritarian government’s oppression on minority institutions without the support of the guardian and protector of the minorities (the Judiciary) causes grave concerns to basic human rights especially for the most vulnerable of these minorities (refugees). All that we can hope for is that the Supreme Court of India in the Public Interest Litigation on the deportation of 40,000 Rohingyas can look past the garb of national security and deal with the important national and international legal principles that India as the world’s largest democracy is obliged to hold high regard to and protect the rights of Rohingya refugees.
https://rli.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2020/01/07/should-india-deport-rohingya-refugees-because-its-soldiers-are-fighting-at-the-borders/

Main reason [why](https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2018/05/myanmar-new-evidence-reveals-rohingya-armed-group-massacred-scores-in-rakhine-state/)

rash-head

And ? They should have thought about it before entering the country illegally. Stop being sentimental about criminals. Once you see the kind of encroachment they have done in the nation you will realize how bad the situation is.

AlternativeEmu1047

Because of religion. It was only done to prosecute one religion and showcase hindutva.

They have openly discriminated by allowing even criminal non muslim immigrants to stay but only excluding all muslims:
https://m.thewire.in/article/government/foreign-minorities-who-came-to-india-before-2025-can-now-stay-without-passport-muslims-excluded

why are people against kindness?? this was a inhumane move

Icy_Hall2824

So many people here supporting this. You are sick. Pray that misfortune never affects you or your family

AGiganticClock

Refugees comming to india expecting a good life ,while Indians living in india don’t have good lives

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yoyosoham69

She is not left, she is Jihadi. She is just using the Left ecosystem. There are many such in journalism and politics.

South_Switch_573

Says the person who siphoned money raised for covid victims to her father and sister living in Dubai 👏🏻👏🏻 a corrupt, malicious, confused, pseudo secular, semi literate lady, who’s views are only given importance since she is a female, a Muslim, and writes in English. Left minerals have made a joke out of common citizens by using these scoundrels who writes in English (except rabies kumar, who is a different “jaat” all together).

MoronSlayer_786Lolwa

If there is no accountability in journalism, all these lies are spread. Make them accountable for the news they publish. Punish them for spreading fake news. On one  hand they claim media is being chained, on the other hand they keep spreading lies.

JokerGotSerious

Well these hangladeshis's grand fathers shouldn't had made millions of hindus stateless 

Papper ghora ekta din to phatbe

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Hub_For_You69

Good to see there are some sensible subs with sensible comments. Otherwise most subs on reddit are run by teenagers who think they are the smartest on the planet

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