Refugee News
The Myanmar policemen who didn’t want to shoot their own people
Many of the refugees coming to Mizoram are those who chose to flee than be part of the ongoing crackdown against civilians in Myanmar
6 min read20 Apr 2021Why Mizoram is giving shelter to refugees fleeing Myanmar
K Vanlalvena, a Rajya Sabha member from Mizoram, says the home ministry has asked border guards to use a ’lenient’ approach to refugees fleeing Myanmar’s military regime
5 min read31 Mar 2021UN refugee chief tests positive for Covid-19
Mahecic said that as soon as he received his test result, Grandi had ’immediately’ informed the seven people he had been in close proximitySpokesman Andrej Mahecic told AFP that the UN High Commissioner for Refugees had tested positive Tuesday evening
2 min read7 Oct 2020Who are the Bru refugees?
The agreement, allowing 30,000 Bru tribals to permanently settle in Tripura, took 20 years and nine attempts in the makingThe Brus--spread across Tripura, Mizoram and parts of southern Assam--are the most populous tribe in Tripura
1 min read17 Jan 2020Record 70.8 million people forcibly displaced globally last year
Persecution, conflict, violence and human rights violationsAbout 350,000 Venezuelans sought asylum last year, including 227,300 in Peru and 81,000 in Brazil
1 min read17 Jul 2019Indians favour giving shelter to war victims, but not OK with refugee influx
India has hosted a large number of Afghan and Sri Lankan refugeesDuring the 1971 Bangladesh conflict, India had hosted thousands of people fleeing the erstwhile East Pakistan
3 min read20 Jun 2019Citizenship bill glimmer of hope for Hindu, Sikh refugees from Afghanistan
The bill seeks to amend the Citizenship Act, 1955, to grant Indian nationality to people belonging to minority communities -- Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians -- in Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan after six years of residence in India
4 min read6 Jan 2019US may restrict Green Cards to aid recipients in new crackdown
The US may deny green cards to immigrants who’ve legally used or seem likely to use a range of public benefits, including food assistance or housing vouchers, under new rules announced by the Trump administration
1 min read23 Sep 2018Successfully prevented Rohingya influx into country: BSF DG
The BSF guards the 41,000-km-long border with Bangladesh
1 min read15 Sep 2018Lounge Loves: Khaled Hosseini’s ‘Sea Prayer’
Khaled Hosseini’s new book is a haunting ode to the plight of refugees the world over
1 min read9 Sep 2018Popular Topics
Budget
The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared