NEW DELHI: Union Minister Kiren Rijiju today slammed human rights groups for criticising the Centre’s move to deport Rohingya refugees, saying India has given shelter to maximum number of migrants, more than any other nation, and advised them not to “lecture”.
He asked the rights groups not to “demonise” India as a country hostile to refugees and said New Delhi is not going to “throw” the Rohingyas into the “ocean” or “shoot” them but will follow due process of law before their identification and deportation.
“India is the most humane nation in the world. Millions of refugees live in India. There is no other country in the world which hosts so many refugees. So, don’t demonise us, don’t give us lecture,” he told reporters here.
He was referring to the criticism by some human rights organisation to the Government’s move.
The Minister of State for Home said all those who had entered India were liable to be deported after following a proper process of law.
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