India is in touch with Myanmar and Bangladesh on the issue of Rohingya Muslims, Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar is understood to have told the members of a parliamentary panel here today.
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina also urged Myanmar to stop the persecution of the Rohingyas.
Aung San Suu Kyi's visit to Rakhine state comes as she is under intense international scrutiny for her response to the Rohingyas exodus.
Then Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi visited troubled Rakhine state for the first time since deadly violence broke out late August forcing over 600,000 Rohingya Muslims to flee to Bangladesh.
Rex Tillerson asked Myanmar security forces to cooperate with the United Nations to ensure a thorough, independent investigation into all allegations of human rights abuses and violations and to ensure accountability.
On August 25, a Rohingya militia allegedly attacked three police posts in Rakhine state and sparked the government's return of attacks against the local villages.
According to the latest figures issued by the UN office in Bangladesh, 604,000 refugees have entered the country since August 25 after the Myanmarese Army's crackdown on the minority Rohingya community.
Myanmar does not recognise Rohingya as an ethnic group and insists that they are Bangladeshi migrants living illegally in the country.
Nearly 600,000 minority Rohingya Muslims have fled to Bangladesh since late August to escape violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine State.
Swaraj referred to Modi's advice as she called on Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina after joining the 4th Bangladesh-India Joint Consultative Commission meeting with her counterpart AH Mahmood Ali.
Sushma Swaraj did not use the word Rohingya to refer to the thousands who have taken shelter in Bangladesh and instead referred to them as displaced persons from Rakhine state.
Students at the Oxford college where Aung San Suu Kyi studied have voted to remove her name from the title of their junior common room because of her response to the Rohingya crisis.
More recent refugees have also said the Rohingya were being starved in a bid to make them leave.
Rohingya issue would come up for discussion during External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj's visit to Bangladesh later this month for the Joint Consultative Committee meeting.
India and China can jointly lead efforts to solve the Rohingya crisis by offering humanitarian aid to Myanmar's conflict-ridden Rakhine state, an article in the state-run media has said.
In Lucknow, several illegal immigrants have already made jhuggis in fields. When India TV reporter reached here and enquired about their documents, it was found that they have no legal papers.
The apex court had made it clear that it will hear the arguments only on the points of law and asked the parties to desist from advancing emotional arguments.
MHA has asked BSF and Assam Rifles to intensify vigil along Indo-Bangladesh and Indo-Myanmar borders.
At least 12 people, mostly children, were killed after a boat carrying Rohingya Muslims fleeing Myanmar capsized in a river near the coast of Bangladesh on Sunday.
Around 515,000 Rohingya Muslims have arrived in Bangladesh over the last five weeks after militant attacks on police check-posts in the Buddhist majority country sparked violent reprisals.
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