Rohingyas living in Jammu and Kashmir will be deported since they do not benefit under the Citizenship Amendment Act, says Dr Jitendra Singh.

The state minister for the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region added that the Rohingyas will not be able to secure citizenship by “any means,” reports the Hindustan Times.

Singh was speaking at the inaugural ceremony of a three-day workshop on General Financial rules in Jammu on Friday (Jan 3).

The official estimate puts the number of Rohingyas living in Jammu and Kashmir at 5,700 while a 2017 estimate by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) suggests a figure of 7,000.

Singh said the details of the deportation exercise will be figured out by Delhi.

The Rohingyas are considered to be one of the most persecuted communities in the world and their exclusion from the CAA that seeks to expedite Indian citizenship to religiously-persecuted minorities from three neighbouring countries of Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh has been labelled as “anti-minority” by the critics of the legislation, leading to widespread protests across the country since its passage in the Parliament last year.

“They don’t belong to the three countries and any of six minorities for which CAA has been constituted. They have come from Myanmar. They would not be able to secure citizenship by any means,” Singh said, leaving any place for doubt.

On Mar 3, 2017, the then home minister Rajnath Singh had sought a report on the influx of refugees to Jammu and Samba districts, the report added.