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Human rights groups condemned the Indian government’s intention to deport around 40,000 refugees of the Rohingya Muslim minority, who had fled to India from Myanmar. EPA-EFE/RAJAT GUPTA

As Rohingyas flee Myanmar, India needs to drop religious criteria in its refugee law

The recent move by Modi’s government to deport Rohingyas from India reveals the religious based-discrimination at the heart of the country’s refugee policies.
Refugees or migrants? When it comes to children who cross international borders without papers, there’s no easy answer. Stoyan Nenov/Reuters

Refugee or migrant? Sometimes the line is blurred

There are refugees, there are migrants and then there are the millions of people who live in legal limbo because they defy easy categorisation. But everyone is just looking for a place to call home.
A display of life jackets worn by refugees during their crossing from Turkey to Greece. Reuters/Stefan Wermuth

Refugees, migration addressed in first‑time UN summit: What was accomplished?

The U.N. and other leaders met to discuss coordinating an international response to unprecedented numbers of refugees and migrants. Two migration experts examine issues the summits left unresolved.

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