Legal Status Of Refugee In India: A Study Of Rohingyas
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2018
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Central University of Punjab
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During the last century, the world is witnessed the large number of displacement of human race. Still the world witnessing the highest level of displacement around the world. According to UNHCR annual figure, 2017 early 20 people are displaced every minute as a result of conflict or persecution. It figured 65.6 million people worldwide have forcibly displaced from their homeland. Since independence, India has been the favorite destination for refugee in South Asian region due to its historical, geographical, political, economic and other reasons. According to UN Rohingya refugees are considered to be stateless minority community and possibly the most persecuted around the world. Recently, the issue has been highlighted in international and national media regarding Indian response to deal with the issue of Rohingyas. The present work highlighted the Indian trend toward handling refugee in the absence iv of any specific legislation and non- signatory of international instruments regarding to refugee. In the light of above- mentioned government position, it specifically focuses on government trend to tackle the problem of Rohingyas.
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Rohingya, UNHCR, Persecution, Deportation, Legal Status
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Menanwal, Vikrant (2018) Legal Status Of Refugee In India: A Study of Rohingyas.