The Mizoram government has provided relief for the time being to people crossing over into Indian territory following military coup in Myanmar and waiting for a direction from the Centre as regard to their future stay here, state Home minister Lalchamliana said on Monday He informed the state legislative assembly that some people from Myanmar have sneaked into Mizoram in the recent days due to the volatile political situation in the neighbouring country. A detailed record of the identities and other particulars of the Myanmar nationals, who have entered into Mizoram due to the humanitarian crisis, is being prepared and relief is provided to them by the state government for the time being.
Can India Turn the Rohingya Crisis’ Tide?
New Delhi shares moral as well as legal obligations in making sure it does its share to redress the humanitarian crisis.
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January 26, 2021
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India is not a party to the 1951 United Nations Refugee Convention or its 1967 Protocol since India believes “its borders are porous and any conflict can lead to mass movement of people” straining its limited resources. However, India has traditionally opened its doors to Tibetans and Afghan refugees. Therefore, its response to the Rohingya crisis catches us by surprise.
Al Jazeera has stated that “the Indian government appears intent on following dangerously in the footsteps of the Myanmar authorities: intentionally fomenting religious-nationalist fervor and placing thousands of traumatized Rohingya in a state of constant fear and deprivation.” The 2019 Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and a proposed National Register for Citizens (NRC) have compli
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One Nation says it will do “everything in its power” to stop both “illegal arrivals entering Australia and people illegally squatting on domain names, after discovering a website with Pauline Hanson’s name redirects to the Refugee Council of Australia.
Visitors to the website paulinehanson.com.au are being redirected to the Refugee Council of Australia website, a not-for-profit organisation advocating for the rights of refugees.
“One Nation continues to do everything in its power to stop illegal arrivals entering Australia, we will do everything in our power to stop people illegally squatting on domain names,” a spokesperson for One Nation and the Senator said in a statement to