Status of the Refugees in India
- 1947: Pakistani refugees fleeing the partition, the size of the issue was unprecedented for India’s newly elected government. To rehabilitate the refugees, city had to be rebuilt.
- 1959: Refugees from Tibet, When the Dalai Lama and his 100,000 followers were being persecuted by Chinese authorities, India provided them shelter.
- 1960: Chakma and Hajong, the Indian government relocated them to Arunachal Pradesh between 1964 and 1969.
- 1965 and 1971: Other Bangladeshis fled their country, and the majority of East Bengali refugees settled in Kolkata, as well as other West Bengali cities, towns, and rural areas.
- 1980: Tamil refugees from Sri Lanka, All facets of Sri Lankan society are being impacted by the country’s political and economic unrest, but the Tamil community is being hammered particularly severely. The most discriminated against ethnic group in Sri Lanka is the Tamils, they later settled in Tamil Nadu.
- 2022: Most recently Myanmar hosted Rohingya refugees, When violence broke out in Rakhine State, Myanmar, on August 25, thousands of Rohingya were forced to leave their homes. More than 1 million Rohingya without a state have remained in makeshift shelters five years later.
Refugee Crisis in India
A refugee is a person who is compelled to leave their country due to violence, conflict, or persecution. A refugee typically fears being persecuted because of their ethnicity, religion, nationality, political views, or participation in a particular social group. It is more likely that they are unable to or are afraid to return to their homes. The 1947 partition of India marked the beginning of the refugee influx. The country had taken in almost 450,00 refugees by the beginning of 2010 from both inside and outside the region.