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Published on: 04/02/2025 | 00:00:00
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Fatima* is among a handful of Rohingya children in Khajuri Khas. Many other children like her, including her younger brother Ahmed*, have been denied school admission for years. On Christmas Day in December, tens of thousands of Delhi’s pupils looked forward to a winter break. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) controls 20 of India’s 36 states and federally-controlled provinces (called Union Territories) The BJP-appointed lieutenant governor of Delhi ordered a special drive to identify and act against illegal immigrants from Bangladesh. Bangladesh hosts more than a million Rohingya, a mainly Muslim ethnic group. It was the largest exodus of the community which had been fleeing state persecution in Buddhist-majority Myanmar for decades. The Hindu majoritarian party has repeatedly accused the AAP of adding illegal Bangladeshis to voter lists in order to expand its vote base. Amit Shah promised that if the BJP came to power, it would free Delhi of illegal Bangladeshi migrants in two years. Shah – and many in his party – have in the past referred to Bangladeshi immigrants as “termites” and “infiltrators”. “We did not come here for politics, we came to save our lives,” he said. BJP has outdone the BJP in targeting the Rohingya, professor Apoorvanand says. Mohammad says denying Rohingya children education is not a new phenomenon in the city. He says unlike Fatima, his 10-year-old son Faizan has not been able to join school. The situation worsened in late 2019 when Modi’s government passed a controversial citizenship law. Ali Johar is the first Rohingya female graduate from India. Their sister Tasmida is now pursuing her master’s in politics from Canada’s Wilfrid Laurier University under a UNHCR-Duolingo programme.
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