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What is Bru Reang refugee 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 are Bru Reang refugees?
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.
Where do the Bru people live?
The Bru settled mostly along waterways. Traditionally they live in small houses that are built on stilts. The houses are arranged around a central meeting building around a circle. In Thailand, most Bru live in Sakon Nakhon Province, and Mukdahan Province in the Isan region of Northeast Thailand.
What is the population of Bru?
The Bru speak Bru, a Katuic Mon–Khmer language, which has several dialects. Their total population is estimated at 129,559 by Ethnologue.
Will Bru-Reang settle in Kanchanpur?
The agreement was between Union Government, Governments of Tripura and Mizoram and Bru-Reang representatives to end the 23-year old Bru-Reang refugee crisis. Opponents, now, do not want the Brus to settle in Kanchanpur Sub-Division of North Tripura district.
Are Bru / Reang people refugees or refugees?
Since Bru or Reang people are inhabitants of India (their own country), it is not correct to call them refugees. It is better to use the term “Internally Displaced People”. Bru / Reang are internally displaced people who shifted to Tripura from Mizoram two decades ago as a result of ethnic violence.
Why are the Reang refugees in North Tripura not returning?
THE Reang refugees arrived in North Tripura over the past nine months. The lack of initiatives by the Mizoram Government to get them to return to their villages and the refugees’ stand that they will not go back unless their demands are conceded have worsened the problem.
Will Bru refugees return to Mizoram?
Over the years, around 1,622 Bru families returned to Mizoram in several batches, but many others continued to stay in Tripura as they “feared for their security”. The Modi government has sought to resolve the issue 23 years later by rehabilitating the Bru refugees unwilling to return to Mizoram in Tripura itself.