India deported Rohingya by land, sea: UN

India deported groups of Rohingya Muslims by land and sea, the UN human rights chief said on Monday, voicing concern that policies that violated rights of migrants and refugees were becoming normalised in some countries.

“Human rights — all human rights — are the solid foundations of flourishing societies… And yet, disturbing trends that undercut our rights are gaining ground across the world,” UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said in his global update to the 60th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva.

Türk said policies and practices that violated the rights of migrants and refugees were becoming normalised in some countries.

“Pakistan and Iran have forcibly returned millions of Afghans to their country, and India has also deported groups of Rohingya Muslims by land and sea,” he said.