SRINAGAR: More than 150 Rohingyas, who escaped persecution in Myanmar, have been sent to a ”holding center’ after they were found living illegally in Jammu during a verification process started by the government in the Union Territory (UT).
They today protested against the government and requested them to look into the matter.
The J&K government started a drive to collect biometric and other details of Rohingyas staying in Jammu on Saturday as part of an exercise to trace foreigners living in the city without valid documents.
Officials said on the very first day of the drive over 150 illegal immigrant Rohingyas were traced and later sent to Hiranagar jail in Kathua district, which has been turned into a “holding centre” for the Rohingyas.
The process was started on the directions from the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) since the verifications were not carried out for over a year now, he said and added the verification process is likely to continue in the coming days. (PTK)
