After declaring that the Rohingyas are illegal migrants in India and then offering humanitarian assistance to Bangladesh to deal with the Rohingya refugees there is the right thing to do, says former Foreign Secretary Kanwal Sibal. That is because the Rohingyas are 'illegal migrants' in India and 'refugees' in Bangladesh, he points out.

He advocates that the maintenance of good relations with Bangladesh demands that India provide humanitarian assistance to it in dealing with the Rohingya refugees.

However, he also admits that there is a contradiction in India accepting the humanitarian aspect of the Rohingya refugee flows when it comes to Bangladesh but not accepting the same logic when it comes to India.

He insists, 'Most of the 40,000 Rohingyas came to India from Bangladesh. There are no atrocities being committed against them there. Their life and limb are not threatened. They are not persecuted there.So when they entered India they have not come as refugees. They have come as illegal migrants.'

Watch the video interview for Sibal's view on the Rohingya exodus from Myanmar and the regional and international reactions it has evoked.

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