In this photoessay, Kamran Yousuf gives an insight into the life and trials of the Rohingya refugees in Jammu, their oppression at the hands of the state and ways in which they manage to find moments of relief.
As anti-Muslim sentiments escalate in India, Rohingya refugees are planning to return to their native Myanmar in spite of the ongoing prosecution. Human Rights Watch estimates that there are 40,000 Rohingya refugees in India, the majority of whom live in camps and slums in Jammu, Hyderabad and New Delhi. Approximately 10,000 of these Muslim refugees live in makeshift shanties in the Hindu-dominated city of Jammu, where they are the target of hatred and intimidation by right-wing groups. More than 150 refugees are currently imprisoned in the local Hira Nagar jail following what the authorities call “verification drives.” On 15 March 2022, Indian authorities deported Hasina Begum back to Myanmar – a country she had fled in 2012 along with hundreds of thousands of others to escape Myanmar Army’s repression against Rohingya Muslims. Hasina Begum was detained in 2021 and lodged in the Hira Nagar sub-jail of Kathua district before being…
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