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Rohingya Christians, stateless and without shelter, face evictions in India.

Fewer than 1% of Rohingya are Christians. In India, about 150 of them live on the margins of the law, of school and of work.

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Church in IndiaInternational Christian Concern

International Christian Concern (ICC) published on September 28, 2026 a portrait of Rohingya Christians, a minority within a persecuted minority. There are about 1,500 worldwide, under 1% of the Rohingya people, and around 150 live in India.

What they face

  • No citizenship in any country. Even with a UN refugee card, they have little legal protection.
  • Double rejection: seen as apostates by their own community and as foreigners by their neighbors.
  • Jobs and schooling denied, and life in precarious settlements.
  • Evictions: in September 2026, hundreds of Rohingya families received eviction notices in Jammu. In May 2025, 40 people were deported, 15 of them Christians.

A Christian refugee interviewed by ICC summed it up: "None of us is safe at all." He hopes a Christian or humanitarian organization can secure a safe place to live.

Why it matters

They are few, and so almost no one speaks for them. Remembering them is obeying the biblical call to care for the foreigner and for the suffering brother in the faith.

Pray for the Rohingya Christians in India, that they will find shelter, provision and fellowship; and for those who take them in, that the Indian church and Christian organizations will support them with courage.

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Source: International Christian Concern, September 28, 2026 — read the original article.
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