Seven Rohingya refugees were deported from India on 3 October 2018 , following a decision by the Supreme Court of India to reject a petition to halt their deportation . The refugees had been held in prison since 2012 for illegally entering India , after they fled communal riots in Rakhine State . The deportation went forward despite warnings by the United Nations , which cited inadequate conditions for repatriation . There remains an estimated 18,000 Rohingya asylum seekers in India , most of whom were smuggled into the country illegally and made their way to cities with significant Muslim populations like Hyderabad and Jammu . On 11 October 2017 , the Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights ( OHCHR ) released a report titled the '' Mission report of OHCHR rapid response mission to Cox 's Bazar , Bangladesh '' , which detailed the Burmese military 's " systematic process " of driving away hundreds of thousands of Rohingyas from Myanmar . The report noted that prior to the attacks on 25 August 2017 and the military crackdown that ensued , the military pursued a strategy to : Misleading images have been used by both sides of the conflict , alongside claims of violence against civilians . Verifying the authenticity of images has become a challenge for researchers , due to media and travel restrictions imposed by Myanmar 's government on Rakhine State
communal riots
2012 Rakhine State riots
Rohingya conflict