Bru refugees from Mizoram to now permanently reside in Tripura as Centre inks new pact

Under the agreement, Rs 4 lakh will be provided to each Bru family. They will also get Rs 5,000 every month for two years, a plot of land in Tripura and ration.

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· Jan 16, 2020 · 11:17 pm

CAA: Centre’s next step will be to deport Rohingya refugees, says Union minister

Jitendra Singh, minister of state in the PMO, said the Rohingya are not covered under the Citizenship Amendment Act as they are from Myanmar.

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· Jan 03, 2020 · 04:35 pm

Tripura government resumes ration supplies to Bru refugees, to continue till March 2020

Meanwhile, Mizoram Bru Displaced Peoples Forum General Secretary Bruno Msha called for a ‘permanent solution’ for the Bru refugees.

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· Dec 11, 2019 · 07:58 am

Bru starvation deaths: ‘Why were ration supplies stopped?’ Supreme Court asks Centre

A bench headed by Chief Justice of India SA Bobde asked the government counsel to respond to the court’s directive within two weeks.

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· Dec 09, 2019 · 03:12 pm

Tripura: Bru refugees withdraw road blockade as state government promises to resume ration supplies

Deputy Chief Minister Jishnu Dev Varma said the daily free ration would resume on Friday.

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· Nov 07, 2019 · 09:49 pm

Tripura: Six die in Bru camp due to alleged starvation, refugee leaders warn of humanitarian crisis

The Bru refugees continued the road blockade that started on October 31 to protest the stoppage of ration and cash supplies.

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· Nov 04, 2019 · 04:05 pm

Tripura: Two die at Bru camp, refugees blame starvation after stoppage of ration supplies

The Bru refugees began a road blockade from Thursday to protest the stoppage of rations and cash from October 1.

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· Nov 01, 2019 · 09:58 pm

Bru refugees: Parliamentary panel highlights low repatriation numbers

The refugees have asked the home ministry to release subsistence allowances that have been held back since November.

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· Feb 11, 2019 · 08:23 pm

Remembering Rakhine: As Jammu turns hostile to Rohingya, memories return of persecution in Myanmar

The refugees had arrived in the northern Indian city to try to rebuild their lives. Now, they are being compelled to flee again.

Anuradha Bhasin Jamwal

· Feb 09, 2019 · 09:00 am

Refugees twice over: Why Rohingya who had found shelter in Jammu are fleeing again

Facing hostility from Hindutva groups and the Indian government, some of them have been forced to seek the relative safety of Bangladesh.

Anuradha Bhasin Jamwal

· Feb 07, 2019 · 07:30 am

As India sends Rohingyas back to face certain persecution in Myanmar, every Indian is complicit

The official explanation of why India is determined not to continue to give refuge to Rohingyas has legal, constitutional and moral problems.

Harsh Mander

· Feb 04, 2019 · 08:00 am

‘Fear has intensified’: Why Rohingya refugees are fleeing India for Bangladesh

Nearly 2,000 members of the persecuted Muslim minority have left since May, fearing deportation to Myanmar.

Abhishek Dey

· Jan 27, 2019 · 09:00 am