# Rohingya refugees in India’s capital to be given flats, security Author: Pal Sinha, Barnali Author URL: https://financedigest.com/author/pal-sinha-barnali Published: 2022-08-17 Category: NEWS Category URL: https://financedigest.com/category/news Meta Title: India to Provide Apartments and Police Protection for Meta Description: Discover how India is changing its stance towards Rohingya refugees in Delhi, with plans for apartments and police protection, in line with UN conventions. URL: https://financedigest.com/rohingya-refugees-in-indias-capital-to-be-given-flats-securityhtml ![undefined](https://prod.superblogcdn.com/site_cuid_cm5qst7v3003gwirgwqtxn8i8/images/2022-08-17t063437z1lynxmpei7g06frtroptp4myanmar-rohingya-india-1736815455416-compressed.jpg) By Krishna N. Das NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Rohingya refugees from Myanmar in India’s capital will be allotted apartments and provided with police protection, a government minister said on Wednesday, signalling a change in the stance towards members of the Muslim minority. India has always [welcomed those who have sought refuge,” Minister for Housing](https://www.financedigest.com/prime-minister-of-liechtenstein-welcomes-house-of-blockchain-at-opening-ceremony-in-vaduz.html "Prime Minister of Liechtenstein Welcomes House of Blockchain at Opening Ceremony in Vaduz") and Urban affairs Hardeep Singh Puri said on Twitter, outlining new provisions for Rohingya refugees in New Delhi. “India respects & follows UN Refugee Convention 1951 & provides refuge to all, regardless of their race, religion or creed,” Puri said. India is not a signatory to the convention which spells out refugee rights and the [obligations of countries to protect](https://www.financedigest.com/gdpr-and-the-need-for-a-data-protection-officer-whats-your-obligation.html "GDPR and the Need for a Data Protection Officer – What’s Your Obligation?") them. Puri did not elaborate on what he said would be “round-the- clock” police [protection but there have been isolated incidents of violence towards](https://www.financedigest.com/gdpr-readiness-finance-and-it-most-funded-sectors-in-race-towards-general-data-protection-regulation-compliance.html "GDPR readiness: Finance and IT most funded sectors in race towards General Data Protection Regulation compliance") Rohingya in India. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has previously tried to send back members of the minority from predominately Buddhist Myanmar, hundreds of thousands of whom have fled from persecution and waves of violence in their homeland over the years. (https://reut.rs/3PvPvBo) Bangladesh has sheltered nearly a million Rohingya. As of early this year, around 1,100 Rohingya lived in Delhi and another 17,000 elsewhere in India, many of them working as manual labourers, hawkers and rickshaw pullers, [according to estimates](https://www.financedigest.com/global-natural-disaster-losses-reach-45bn-during-1h-2018-insurance-payouts-estimated-at-21bn-according-to-aon-catastrophe-report.html "Global natural disaster losses reach bn during 1H 2018; insurance payouts estimated at bn, according to Aon catastrophe report") from Rohingya rights activist Ali Johar. He said some 2,000 people went back to Bangladesh this year, [amid fears](https://www.financedigest.com/oil-slumps-5-to-five-week-low-amid-us-debt-default-fears.html "Oil slumps 5% to five-week low amid US debt default fears") many would be deported. We welcome the statement on respecting the UN refugee convention and the plan to resettle Rohingya with better housing and facilities,” said Johar, 27, who came to India a decade ago and [lives with his family in rented](https://www.financedigest.com/redefining-renting-tipi-launches-the-best-way-to-live-in-london.html "REDEFINING RENTING: TIPI LAUNCHES ‘THE BEST WAY TO LIVE IN LONDON’") accommodation in Delhi. But Johar underlined fears among the community, which has [faced the ire of some Indian](https://www.financedigest.com/indian-billionaires-face-off-in-race-to-solar-domination.html "Indian billionaires face off in race to solar domination") right-wing Hindu groups, that the new facilities could be used to corral the Rohingya. “If it turns out to be a detention camp, that will be a nightmare for us,” he said. (Writing by Devjyot Ghoshal; Editing by Robert Birsel & Shri Navaratnam) --- This blog is powered by Superblog. Visit https://superblog.ai to know more. ---