In Tripura, Bengalis and Mizos have joined hands to thwart the resettlement of Bru refugees

Brus cannot go back to their homes in Mizoram. And they are not welcome in Tripura, where they took shelter.

Arunabh Saikia

· Nov 24, 2020 · 09:00 am

Bru refugees: Supreme Court lawyer issues legal notice to six Tripura officials for stopping rations

The lawyer said that the legal notice was meant to remind the government that the top court has said the refugees cannot be forced to return to Mizoram.

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· Nov 12, 2019 · 02:20 pm

Gambia files Rohingya genocide case against Myanmar at International Court of Justice

More than 730,000 Rohingya Muslims fled to neighbouring Bangladesh after the 2017 crackdown by Myanmar’s military.

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· Nov 11, 2019 · 08:39 pm

In Bangladesh, Rohingya refugees face risk from a xenophobic media onslaught

In two years, the community from Myanmar have gone from being described as ‘guests’ to being branded a ‘menace’.

Qadaruddin Shishir

· Sep 18, 2019 · 06:30 am

Mizoram begins hearing claims of 260 Bru refugees excluded from bonafide citizens’ list

Altogether, 26,128 Brus, lodged in six relief camps of neighbouring Tripura, have made it to the list, said Home Secretary Lalbiakzama.

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· Aug 27, 2019 · 06:29 pm

480 Bangladeshis deported between January 2016 and April 2018: Delhi Police tell Supreme Court

A petition in the top court sought a direction to the Centre and the state governments to identify, detain and deport all ‘illegal migrants and infiltrators’.

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· Jul 31, 2019 · 10:43 pm

Mizoram officials re-identify over 26,000 Bru refugees in Tripura camps, says home secretary

However, Lalbiakzama said the figure was not final, as scrutiny would be held after a meeting with the officials who returned from Tripura.

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· Jul 22, 2019 · 08:50 pm

Rohingya crackdown: US imposes sanctions on Myanmar Army chief and three senior generals

The State Department said it took the action after it found credible information about their involvement in gross violations of human rights.

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· Jul 17, 2019 · 04:51 pm

Tripura: Two Rohingya men arrested near Bangladesh border

The police arrested them on Monday after being tipped off by local people in Rajnagar village in West Tripura district.

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· Jul 16, 2019 · 02:56 pm

Are Rohingya immigrants entitled to refugee status? Supreme Court agrees to examine pleas in August

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta asked the court to let international laws regarding community rights govern the matter.

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· Jul 09, 2019 · 08:22 pm

Myanmar has ordered internet shutdown in two provinces, including Rakhine, says telecom company

Telecom major Telenor group’s claims were refuted by the Myanmar Army at a press conference on Saturday.

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· Jun 23, 2019 · 02:35 pm

UN accepts its ‘systematic failure’ in handling Rohingya crisis in Myanmar

An internal report by former Guatemalan Foreign Affairs Minister Gert Rosenthal said the world body had been overall ‘relatively impotent’ during the crisis.

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· Jun 18, 2019 · 03:58 pm