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What is the Bru?
The Bru (also Bruu, or Bru-Vân Kiều; Vietnamese: Người Bru – Vân Kiều; Lao: ບຣູ ; Thai: บรู; which literally means “people living in the woods”) are an ethnic group living in Thailand, Laos, and Vietnam. They speak a Katuic language, unlike the Brao, who speak a Western Bahnaric language.
What is Bru crisis?
A bout of ethnic violence forced thousands of people from the Bru tribe to leave their homes in Mizoram. The displaced Bru people from Mizoram have been living in various camps in Tripura since 1997.
Who is the owner of Bru Coffee?
A pouch of BRU instant coffee, product of Hindustan Unilever.
Who are Bru tribes?
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.
Who is the brand ambassador of Bru?
Hindustan Unilever’s coffee brand Bru has appointed Priyanka Chopra and Shahid Kapoor as its brand ambassadors.
What exactly is the Bru-Reang refugee crisis?
So, what exactly is the Bru-Reang Refugee Crisis? Back in 1997, about 30,000 Bru-Reang tribals fled from Mizoram and took shelter in Tripura’s refugee camps. These refugees were said to have fled from Mizoram due to ethnic tension. Before the agreement on Thursday, these people were living in temporary shelters at Kanchanpur, in North Tripura.
Can Bru refugees permanently settle in Tripura?
Allows Bru refugees to permanently settle in Tripura if they want to stay on. They will be provided voting rights in Tripura. The Bru who returned to Mizoram in the eight phases of repatriation since 2009, cannot, however, come back to Tripura.
What is the Bru-Reang agreement?
The agreement, allowing 30,000 Bru tribals to permanently settle in Tripura, took 20 years and nine attempts in the making, and was signed between the Centre, the state governments of Tripura and Mizoram, and Bru-Reang representatives in the national capital in the presence of union home minister Amit Shah.
How many Bru refugees are there in Mizoram?
Currently, around 35,000 (more than 5,000 families) Bru refugees living in Tripura camps. The Centre and the two State governments involved made nine attempts to resettle the Brus in Mizoram.