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Rohingya refugees are once again in the news, five years after they were forced out of their home country of Myanmar. This time it is about their relocation from a temporary settlement in Delhi’s Madanpur Khadar. The union home ministry on Wednesday said the “illegal foreigners” must remain in their present location, urging the Delhi government to turn the area into a detention centre immediately.

The statement from the ministry of home affairs came hours after union minister Hardeep Singh Puri tweeted that all Rohingya refugees will be relocated to EWS (economically weaker section) flats in Bakkarwala area. The MHA issued a clarification that there were no such plans for the refugees, even as the BJP and the ruling AAP traded blame over the alleged proposal to resettle the Rohingya and provide them with basic amenities.

The MHA, in its clarification, tweeted: “Illegal foreigners are to be kept in Detention Centre till their deportation as per law. The Government of Delhi has not declared the present location as a Detention Centre. They have been directed to do the same immediately.”