johnee
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That land was once India and it was their home for millenias. Overnight it was partitioned and called Pakistan. They did not see why they should leave their home regardless of the name. Its only now that they are realising that not only the name but many other things have changed, so now they want to return to India. I dont see anything wrong with it. India should not close its gates on these people. Christian minorites in Pakistan can find refuge in any western country easily while these people have no one to bother about their plight other than people in India. Also, Christians being the people of same book are not exposed to the same brutality that people of indic faiths are exposed to. So, the number of people following indic faiths may not be as high as 16 million and not all of them may take our offer. But those that do, should be given assylum. And if more people take the offer, then India would have proved the dismal situation of minorities in Pakistan thereby putting it in dock through human right groups which will be forced to act seeing the situation.16 million refugees is a big deal. A very big one. And no, they chose to stay back in Pakistan, lived there for six decades, and detached themselves from India. India is a secular republic, not a "holy land" for Indic religions, where anyone with Indic religion from nationalities other than Indian automatically gets a free ticket to India. India is simply not obligated to them. These people are Sikh, but they are Pakistani.
So, if all the 16million take the offer, it puts Pakistan in a really awkward position and would have to then come out with some measures atleast for face saving.
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