Rohingya refugee Mohammad Ismail sits amid the charred remains of his family’s shelter in New Delhi, in front of the community’s burnt-out mosque. Photo: Adnan Bhat
New Delhi shanty town blaze exposes plight of India’s Rohingya refugees
- Some 57 Rohingya families were left homeless after a fire ripped through their shanty town on the outskirts of the Indian capital last weekend
- The state government, controlled by a BJP that has repeatedly referred to Rohingya refugees as illegal infiltrators, has not allowed them to rebuild
Rohingya refugee Mohammad Ismail sits amid the charred remains of his family’s shelter in New Delhi, in front of the community’s burnt-out mosque. Photo: Adnan Bhat
