Donât allow use of 'refugee' to describe Myanmar: MEA to MPs
The External Affairs Ministry has asked the MPs, participating in the Asian Parliamentary Assembly, to avoid terms using terms like "catastrophe" and "refugees" to describe Rohingya Muslims situation in Myanmar. Joint Secretary of the Foreign Ministry has maintained that characterising Rohingyas as refugees is "a minefield that needs to be avoided" as it would mean they don't belong to Myanmar.