Myanmar nationals given ‘safe passage’ to Delhi to seek UN refuge Sadiq Naqvi © Myanmar nationals in Moreh, a border town in India s Manipur state [Sadiq Naqvi/Al Jazeera] Myanmar nationals in Moreh, a border town in India s Manipur state [Sadiq Naqvi/Al Jazeera]
Moreh, Manipur, India – Seven Myanmar nationals, including three journalists from a Yangon-based media house, are set to travel to New Delhi to approach the India office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) after a court in the northeastern state of Manipur ordered safe passage for them on Monday.
The seven Myanmar nationals had been “hiding” in Moreh, a border town in Manipur’s Tengnoupal district, for weeks before they arrived in the state capital Imphal on April 21 following court-ordered interim protection.
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On the bridge over the Tiau river in Mizoram
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The support for Myanmarese refugees is strong in Mizoram because of a long and deeply shared cultural history, a connection that cannot be ignored
Salai Uk Thang, 31, a policeman from Myanmar’s Sagaing Division, knew his arrest was imminent. Last month, Thang had joined the civil disobedience movement, a rapidly expanding resistance movement that has attracted tens of thousands of Myanmarese in the wake of the coup that toppled Aung San Suu Kyi’s elected government in February. He, like many police personnel, fled Myanmar.
Thang’s instinctive choice was to head to Mizoram, divided from Myanmar by a porous international border, part of which is formed by the 159-km long Tiau river.
Manipur High Court verdict on protecting 7 Burmese
The Manipur High Court has ruled in favour of extending protection and preventing deportation of seven Burmese refugees, posing a big question on the Centre’s
| 24 April 2021 1:17 AM GMT
KOLKATA: The Manipur High Court has ruled in favour of extending protection and preventing deportation of seven Burmese refugees, posing a big question on the Centre s policy to stop the influx of people from the neighbouring Myanmar in the wake of military repression there after the February 1 coup.
A bench of Chief Justice Sanjay Kumar and Justice Lanusungkum Jamir, passing the verdict on a case filed by India s leading human rights lawyer Nandita Haksar, ruled that these seven refugees need to be protected .