At least 17 Rohingya Muslim families comprising about 70 souls are living in three houses of a religious seminary Darul Uloom Bilaliya in Khimber area in outskirts of Srinagar since last year. The Rohingya Muslim migrants are working as labourers. (EPS | Abid Bhat)According to Jammu and Kashmir government, 5743 Rohingya Muslims were living in the State and most of them have been staying in districts of Jammu and Samba in Jammu province. (EPS | Abid Bhat)Haroon Rashid, a father of two, said after escaping to Bangladesh in 2012, they travelled to Kolkata and there from reached Jammu and lived there for four years before moving to Kashmir last year. (EPS | Abid Bhat)Rashid said his uncle, cousin and other relatives have been killed in fresh violence in Myanmar. “I have lost contact with my sister and don’t what has happened to her”. He also said Indian government should not deport them till peace and normalcy returns to Myanmar and Burmese government considers them the rightful citizens of the country. (EPS | Abid Bhat)The U.N. said that an 'alarming number' of 290,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled violence in Myanmar by crossing into Bangladesh in the last two weeks. (EPS | Abid Bhat)
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