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Bru refugee crisis

21-09-2022

Defence & Internal Security Prelims Plus

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Why is in news? Home Minister Amit Shah reviews implementation of Bru agreement with CM Tripura Manik Saha in New Delhi

Bru or Reang is a community indigenous to Northeast India, living mostly in Tripura, Mizoram and Assam.
In Tripura, they are recognised as a Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group.
In Mizoram, they have been targeted by groups that do not consider them indigenous to the state.
In 1997, following ethnic clashes, nearly 37,000 Brus fled Mamit, Kolasib and Lunglei districts of Mizoram and were accommodated in relief camps in Tripura.
In June 2018, community leaders from the Bru camps signed an agreement with the Centre and the two state governments, providing for repatriation in Mizoram. But most camp residents rejected the terms of the agreement.
The camp residents said that the agreement didn't guarantee their safety in Mizoram.
The Centre, the governments of Mizoram and Tripura and leaders of Bru organisations signed a quadripartite agreement in January (2020).
Under the pact, the Home Ministry has committed to incur the whole expenditure of settlement in Tripura.