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Shri Narendra Modi Prime Minister New Delhi, India HE Rajnath Singh Home Minister New Delhi, India HE Vikras Swarup, High Commissioner of India to Canada Ottawa, Canada Mr Prime Minister and Your Excellencies, Namaskaram. Sarvesham shantir bhavatu. I heard with alarm yesterday 3 October 2018, that India has started deporting to Myanmar, the first seven of 40,000 Rohingyas refugees seeking asylum in India in the face of the ongoing genocide of the Rohingya people in Myanmar. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-myanmar-rohingya-india/india-in-a-first-sends-seven-rohingya-for-deportation-to-myanmar-idUSKCN1MD0ZJ May I bring to your attention that you personally and the Government of India may be