Had “Multiple reports” of evictions since April contrary to international humanitarian law, UNHCR spokesperson, Shabia Mantoo, told journalists in Geneva.
“According to information received by UNHCR, an asylum seeker from Myanmar was deported on October 21 from the detention center. despite UNHCR intervention... The deportation of such refugees and asylum seekers is worth retooling. “
A spokesman for the UN agency stressed that Myanmar has been suffering from a civil war since February 2021 and sending people back there has left them “harmed and dangerous”.
On Sunday, unconfirmed reports emerged that a concert organized by opposition forces in Kachin was targeted by airstrikes that left at least 50 people dead.
Non-refundable, non-negotiable
Ms. Mantoo of UNHCR described the principle of no refit as The “foundation of international law” is inherently “binding for all States”.
This development follows a broader appeal from the United Nations refugee agency to countries in the region to prevent the forced return of Myanmar nationals to seek safety from harm. serious.
“Bringing them home is putting countless lives at risk” speak Gillian Triggs, Assistant High Commissioner for Protection at UNHCR.
Myanmar’s neighbors should end the “indefinite detention” of asylum seekers and refugees from the country, the senior UNHCR official said, voicing concern about the indiscriminate violence that has been taking place against civilians across Myanmar since the military coup.
Ms. Triggs noted that fighting also continued between the Myanmar army and ethnic armed groups in some border areas, causing people to flee within and across borders.
The twist of Myanmar
Tuesday’s warning from UNHCR echoes serious and widespread concerns about the fate of those who have left Myanmar. Last month Dong Nhan Quyen Association session, appointed by the United Nations Independent human rights expert Tom Andrews reports that the situation has “went from bad to worse, to terrible for countless innocent people in Myanmar”.
Some 1.3 million people are currently displaced within MyanmarWith 28,000 houses destroyed, villages burned and more than 13,000 children killed, Mr Andrews noted.
A food crisis is also lurking in the country, the leading rights expert continues, with 130,000 Rohingya in de facto internment camps and others suffering from deprivation and rooted discrimination. from their lack of citizenship.
