In the time of this pandemic, we come together to celebrate refugees who are on the frontlines, and the people who are supporting them.
Theme2023 :- Hope away from home
World Refugee Day sheds light on the plight of refugees, and seeks to mobilize support and resources to address their needs and aspirations.
Principle of 1951 Convention
- The principle of non-refoulement is a fundamental aspect of the 1951 Convention, stating that refugees should not be returned to a country where they would face serious threats to their life or freedom.
- However, this protection may not be claimed by refugees who pose a danger to the security of the host country or have been convicted of serious crimes that pose a threat to the community.
Refugees in India
The refugee influx began with the partition of India in 1947, and by the start of 2010, the country had hosted nearly 450,000 refugees from within and outside the region, including:
Tibetan Refugees
- They arrived in 1959 in India. At that time a revolt had erupted in Lhasa following the invasion of the country by China.
Refugees from Chakma and Hajong (Present Day Bangladesh)
- They arrived in early 1960s, and were originally residents of the Chittagong Hill Tracts of erstwhile East Pakistan, who had to flee when their land was submerged by the Kaptai dam project in the 1960s.
Bangladeshi Refugees
- After facing religious persecution in East Pakistan, these refugees came to India in 1965 and 1971.
Sri Lankan Refugees
- Sri Lankan Tamil refugees came to India in the 1980s.
- A civil war was fought in Sri Lanka from 1983 to 2009, between the majority Sinhalese and the minority Tamils.
“Refugees didn’t just escape a place. They had to escape a thousand memories until they’d put enough time and distance between them and their misery to wake to a better day.”
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