Why it is in news?

• The Union government told the Supreme Court  that it does not want the country to become the refugee capital of the world.
• The government was responding to a submission made by Rohingya refugees that the Border Security Force was "pushing back" their compatriots, fleeing persecution in native Myanmar, at the borders with chilli spray and stun grenades.
• There was no contingency as of now and this was not a matter for the court to intervene.

We cannot push them back to the jaws of death

• The court has said it would want to balance national interests with humanitarian concern about the refugees.
• The court is hearing a bunch of petitions, one filed by persons within the Rohingya community, against a proposed move to deport over 40,000 Rohingyas

Source

The Hindu