NEW DELHI: The home ministry on Wednesday informed the Rajya Sabha that 2,680 foreigners, including 486 Rohingyas from Myanmar and 2,154 Afghanistan nationals, were staying in India on a long-term visa as in 2016.In written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha, minister of state for home Kiren Rijiju said though India was not a signatory to the 1951 UN Convention relating to the status of refugees and the 1967 protocol thereon, “its track record in dealing with or providing protection to refugees has been internationally acclaimed”.“There is a provision for grant of long-term visa under various instructions issued by the governemnt from time to time. As per the available information, 486 Myanmar nationals (Rohingyas) and 2154 Afghanistan nationals are staying in India on LTV as in 2016,” said Rijiju.As per home ministry estimates, there are around 40,000 Rohingyas residing illegally in the country. Some of the pockets of concentration of Rohingya squatters are in Jammu, Hyderabad, western UP, Mewat (Haryana), Delhi and Jaipur.In an advisory issued earlier this year, the home ministry had asked all states and UTs to identify the illegal Rohingya immigrants so as to initiate the process of their deporation.