Hardeep Singh Puri

Hours after he announced Wednesday that Rohingya “refugees” would be provided housing and police protection in Delhi, Hardeep Singh Puri, Union Minister for ...

Puri’s announcement came as a surprise to many because the Centre has largely maintained a non-accommodative stance on the Rohingya refugees, even calling them a security threat. “Govt of Delhi proposed to shift the Rohingyas to a new location. The Government of Delhi has not declared the present location as a Detention Centre. “Illegal foreigners are to be kept in Detention Centre till their deportation as per law. In a landmark decision all #Rohingya #Refugees will be shifted to EWS flats in Bakkarwala area of Delhi. In this tweet, he tagged the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting and Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh.

The housing and urban affairs minister had said the Indian government would provide housing and police protection to Rohingya refugees.

Government MUST roll back the decision else will have to face the consequences from Majority community.— Jaya (@Jayfromsouth1) India is not a dharamsala which gives shelter to sleeper cells in the form of gunpowder in their homes. The home ministry added that illegal foreigners will be kept in detention centres until they are deported. [#Rohingya] [#Refugees]will be shifted to EWS flats in Bakkarwala area of Delhi. Instead of clarifying, however, that Puri was mistaken, the home ministry blamed the media. Just a few hours later, the union home ministry denied there was such a plan.

The MHA said the Rohingya illegal foreigners are to be kept in detention centres until their deportation as per the law and the Delhi government has been ...

Earlier in the day, Puri tagged a news agency story in his posts and said those who had made a career out of spreading canards on India’s refugee policy deliberately linking it to CAA would be disappointed. A Union Home Ministry spokesperson in a statement on Twitter said that illegal foreigners are to be kept in Detention Centre till their deportation as per law. The Government of Delhi has not declared the present location as a Detention Centre.

The Ministry of Home Affairs refuted the claims made by Puri, who is also a Union minister, and said "illegal foreigners" are kept in detention camps before ...

The clarification added that while the Delhi government had suggested that the Rohingya refugees be moved to another location, that was not happening. The Ministry of Home Affairs in a series of tweets refuted what was said by Puri. The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) clarified on Wednesday that no directions had been given by it to provide flats meant for Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) to Rohingyas present in India.

Union Home Ministry on Wednesday denied any move to shift Rohingya Muslims in Delhi to economically weaker section (EWS) flats and directed the Delhi ...

A political row has erupted after Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said that Rohingya refugees will be shifted to apartments in Bakkarwala in outer Delhi ...

"Government of Delhi proposed to shift the Rohingyas to a new location. Amid a row over the issue, the cricketer-turned-politician tweeted, "Today Delhi’s shameless CM is completely exposed. The Government of Delhi has not declared the present location as a Detention Centre. They have been directed to do the same immediately," the Ministry said. [the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) clarified that it had "not given any directions"](http://zeenews.india.com/india/after-union-ministers-tweet-home-ministry-says-no-ews-flats-given-to-rohingya-muslims-in-delhi-2498230.html) to provide flats to Rohingya Muslims in Delhi and asked the Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government to ensure the illegal foreigners remained at their present location. "India has always welcomed those who have sought refuge in the country.

Vishwa Hindu Parishad says Rohingyas are not refugees but 'infiltrators' and the government should 'make arrangements to send them back and out of India'

Government sources said the decision to resettle the Rohingya refugees in the EWS flats had been taken at a high-level meeting in the last week of July. It argued that such links made the Rohingyas a “serious threat to national security”. Kumar added: “Rohingyas are not refugees but infiltrators had been the consistent stand of the Union of India including in its affidavit filed in the Hon’ble Supreme Court. As part of a damage-control measure, the ministry had to retreat and issue a statement.” “Government of Delhi proposed to shift the Rohingyas to a new location. The Government of Delhi has not declared the present location as a Detention Centre.