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Guwahati, India India on Thursday deported the first group of Myanmar refugees who had sought shelter after a 2021 military coup, a top state minister said, following weeks of efforts that were hampered by fighting between Myanmars rebel forces and the ruling junta.. ..
This has worried New Delhi, which has announced plans tofence its borderwith Myanmar and end a visa-free movement policy.. ..
At least 38 refugees were deported on Thursday by the border state of Manipur, which plans to send back a total of 77 people as it copes withsporadic violencethat has killed at least 220 people since ethnic clashes broke out in May last year...
One Indian national was also repatriated by Myanmar, Singh added.. . New Delhi has not signed the 1951 UN Refugee Convention, which spells out refugee rights and states responsibilities to protect them, and it does not have its own laws protecting refugees.. . Singh, who is from Prime Minister Narendra Modis Bharatiya Janata Party, said in March deportations had begun, but Indian security officials said the efforts wereheld upby fighting in Myanmar.. . Modi is seeking a rare third straight term in ongoingnational electionsand his government has blamed the refugee influx as one reason for violence that has roiled Manipur..
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