The Kerala government told the apex court that no cross-border threat perception exists in the state.
New Delhi:
The Kerala government on Monday told the Supreme Court that no Rohingya refugee residing in the state has been found to have any links with ISIS.
The Kerala government told the top court that no cross-border threat perception exists in Kerala and the state government is taking concrete steps to trace foreigners who used forged travel documents or entered the country covertly.
“No cross-border threat perception exists in Kerala, but the state has a wide range of coastal areas. The concerned regional authorities have been given strict instructions to keep a close watch on the influx of illegal migrants through the sea route. Kerala The document filed by the government said that effective cooperation of Coastal Police, Kadalora Jagrut Samiti and Coast Guard.
Stating that the Rohingyas in Kerala have no links with ISIS, the state governments said, “As of now, no case of Rohingyas being linked to ISI/ISIS has been reported in the state.”
The Kerala government filed the document on a plea by advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay, seeking a direction to the central and state governments to identify, detain and deport all illegal migrants and infiltrators, including Bangladeshis and Rohingyas, within a year. Went.
The Kerala government has clarified that no case has been registered against illegal Bangladeshi migrants or Rohingyas in the state under the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956 in the last five years.
It said that out of 70 Bangladeshi nationals arrested in the last five years, 57 were deported to Bangladesh and the remaining 13 were under legal action.
A large number of migrants from West Bengal, Assam, Bihar and Jharkhand are in Kerala, the state said, adding that the authorities concerned have been directed to stop the infiltration of illegal migrants entering the state under the guise of being North Indian. Migrant labourers.
Recently, the BJP government in Karnataka filed a revised affidavit before the Supreme Court, retracting from its earlier statement that there were no immediate plans to deport Rohingyas living in Bengaluru.
In a fresh affidavit, the Home Department later said that the Karnataka State Police has not kept the Rohingyas in any camp or detention center under its jurisdiction. However, 126 Rohingyas have been identified in the state of Karnataka.
The Karnataka government had said that whatever order passed by the apex court, it will be followed honestly and will be followed in letter and spirit.
Upadhyay’s plea has sought a direction to implement the National Security Act against government employees, police personnel and security forces having links with infiltration mafia and help Rohingya-Bangladeshi infiltration into West Bengal.
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