Human Rights Watch (HRW) condemned in a news release on Thursday the expulsion of Rohingya refugees to Bangladesh and Myanmar “without rights protections.”

The news release also alleges that the Indian authorities have “arbitrarily detained several hundred more” Rohingya refugees while also “mistreating some of them.” HRW said the nationwide push began in May, when states ruled by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) began an agenda to forcibly remove “illegal immigrants,” including the Rohingya and other Bengali-speaking Muslims. Many of these refugees are registered with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNCHR), but are nevertheless being removed.

Elaine Pearson , Asia director at HRW, has requested action by Indian authorities:

The Indian government should immediately end th

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