Members of a Muslim Rohingya family sit as they pose for a photograph with Indian and Myanmar security officials before their deportation on India-Myanmar border at Moreh in the northeastern state of Manipur, India, January 3, 2019. REUTERS/Stringer
GAUHATI, India: India has deported a second group of Rohingya Muslims to Myanmar since the government in 2017 ordered the expulsion of members of the Myanmar minority group and others who entered the country illegally.
Police officer Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta says the five members of a family - three men and two women - were handed over to Myanmar authorities on Thursday at a border crossing at Moreh in Manipur state.
The five had been in detention since 2014, when they were found in India's northeast without valid travel documents.
In October, India deported a first group of seven Rohingya Muslims for entering the country illegally in 2012.
An estimated 40,000 Rohingya Muslims have taken refuge in parts of India. Less than 15,000 are registered with the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees.
