Comment on Biden calls Japan and India xenophobic: ‘They don’t want immigrants’

morrowind@lemmy.ml ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• livus@kbin.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Refugees from Myanmar and Afghanistan are hosted by India.

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  • tearsintherain@leminal.space ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I call BS. Modi’s fundamentalist right wing government is aiming to be a hindu nationalist one. India deports Myanmar refugees who fled 2021 coup

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    • xor@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The fact that modi’s government is trying to deport immigrants doesn’t mean that people don’t want to move there - in fact, the fact the gov is doing is the whole point of the article

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      • tearsintherain@leminal.space ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        An Immigrant is an individual who leaves one’s country to settle in another, whereas refugees are defined as persons, who move out of one’s country due to restriction or danger to their lives.

        So as poster said, “Who’s tryna immigrate to india?” is valid.

        In 2021 and 2022 alone, thousands of Rohingya refugees were either jailed and deported by Indian authorities, had to flee the country, or had to go underground so as to remain untraceable within India.

        Indian refugee claims in Canada began rising after Prime Minister Modi took power, data shows Experts say trend indicates ‘Canada is recognizing of human rights abuses’

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    • livus@kbin.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      @tearsintherain I'm not talking about policy and Modi's posturing though, I'm talking about facts. Who is trying to immigrate there.

      Browse the UN's India refugees website, that will tell you everything you need about the thousands of refugees there.

      The Myanmar border has had hundreds of people over it this year. Your link says they just deported a few dozen.

      As your link points out, India's like the US in that it's not a signatory to the United Nations Convention on Refugees, so their status is precarious. Nevertheless, there refugees in India, that's simply a fact.

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      • tearsintherain@leminal.space ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Yes, there are people fleeing largely from neighboring countries. I don’t know how much of that is about choosing India. But religious fanatics have taken power in India. The RSS/BJP analogue in the US might be the Heritage Foundation and Project 2025 and conservatives. India is down a very dark path. What’s Wrong With the Indian Government’s Narrative on Refugees? Indian refugee claims in Canada began rising after Prime Minister Modi took power, data shows

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  • fuckingkangaroos@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I think also some from Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka.

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    • livus@kbin.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yeah, a bunch of places, those are just the two biggest population groups IIRC.

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