Bru community: Mizoram's tribals who fled to Tripura 21 years ago over ethnic strife are struggling in refugee camps
6 years, 1 month ago

Bru community: Mizoram's tribals who fled to Tripura 21 years ago over ethnic strife are struggling in refugee camps

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The over 30,000 tribals now lodged in refugee camps in Tripura for over 21 years, demanded setting up of polling stations near them so that they could cast their votes. Over 30,000 tribals have been lodged in Tripura refugee camps for over 21 years, and have demanded setting up of polling stations near them so that they could cast their votes. Only 40 of the 5,407 Bru refugee families returned to Mizoram from the six refugee camps in Tripura during the stipulated one month of repatriation process that ended on 30 September. “We have been asked by the Election Commission to set up 15 polling stations at compact locations at the border village Kanhmun inside Mizoram territory under Mamit district,” Mizoram’s Joint Chief Electoral Officer Zorammuana told IANS.

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More than 37,500 Bru tribal refugees rehabilitated in Tripura: Union Home Ministry
3 weeks, 2 days ago

More than 37,500 Bru tribal refugees rehabilitated in Tripura: Union Home Ministry

The Hindu  

“More than 37,500 Bru tribals, who were affected by the ethnic violence in Mizoram in the late 1990s and 2009, have been rehabilitated in Tripura at a cost of ₹821 crore provided by the Union Home Ministry,” officials said in Tripura’s Ambassa. Union Home Minister Amit Shah visited some of these refugees in Tripura, on Sunday “On January 16, 2020, …

Manipur Voting Hurdles: No voting arrangement for people who left the State after ethnic violence
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Manipur Voting Hurdles: No voting arrangement for people who left the State after ethnic violence

The Hindu  

People who fled the ethnic violence in Manipur and took refuge in the neighbourhood, specifically Mizoram, will be able to vote in the Lok Sabha elections only if they return to their home State. Manipur’s Chief Electoral Officer Pradeep Kumar Jha said no voting arrangement had been made for people who left the State after the ethnic violence broke out …

Last batch of Mizoram Bru refugees permanently settled in Tripura
1 year ago

Last batch of Mizoram Bru refugees permanently settled in Tripura

The Hindu  

The Tripura government has allocated land for the rehabilitation of the last batch of Mizoram Bru refugees, who were granted permanent settlement in Tripura through a Home Ministry-initiated quadripartite agreement signed on January 16, 2020. As per the agreement, a total of 6,959 Bru tribe families comprising 37,136 persons, were to be permanently settled in 12 different locations across four …

For the first time, Bru refugees to have no participation in Mizoram Assembly polls
1 year, 2 months ago

For the first time, Bru refugees to have no participation in Mizoram Assembly polls

The Hindu  

Agartala For the first time Bru refugees will not participate in elections in Mizoram as they were given permanent settlement in Tripura under a Central government The Assembly election in Mizoram is slated for November 7; the first in the poll schedules for five election bound states. The office of the CEO Mizoram earlier deleted over 14,000 Bru voters from …

Bru voters imbroglio | Mizoram election officials to meet Tripura counterparts
1 year, 9 months ago

Bru voters imbroglio | Mizoram election officials to meet Tripura counterparts

The Hindu  

Mizoram election officials would hold meeting with their Tripura counterparts to expedite the deletion of names of Mizoram Bru voters, who have permanently settled in the neighbouring State, a senior election official said on March 26. Mizoram Joint Chief Electoral Officer David Liansanglura Pachau said they are planning to travel to Tripura in April to hold talks with Tripura election …

Leaving No Voter behind in Tripura: Bru Migrants Cast Ballot; Vote-from-home for Elderly, Differently Abled
1 year, 10 months ago

Leaving No Voter behind in Tripura: Bru Migrants Cast Ballot; Vote-from-home for Elderly, Differently Abled

News 18  

Ensuring that no voter was left behind, the Election Commission took a number of measures due to which over 14,000 Bru voters were able to get themselves enrolled on the voters’ list while a home voting facility was provided for octogenarians and persons with disabilities. Special measures For assembly elections 2023, consent forms for settlement at a particular location were …

Civil society groups in Aizawl protest outside Governor’s house demanding Kuki-Chin refugees’ entry to India
2 years ago

Civil society groups in Aizawl protest outside Governor’s house demanding Kuki-Chin refugees’ entry to India

The Hindu  

Civil society groups in Mizoram protested outside the Governor’s house in Aizawl on January 9, 2023 demanding that the Kuki-Chin refugees from Bangladesh be allowed to enter the State as they were not safe in the neighbouring country. In a memorandum, CYMA said that on January 4, several ethnic Mizos from Bangladesh were pushed back by the Border Security Force …

Refugee crisis on Mizoram border
2 years ago

Refugee crisis on Mizoram border

The Hindu  

As another round of refugee crisis brews on the Mizoram-Bangladesh border, several members of the Kuki-Chin community were “pushed back” by the Border Security Force on Friday, according to K. Vanlalvena, a Rajya Sabha member from Mizoram. He said not allowing the “ethnic Mizo” from Bangladesh to enter India would amount to “discrimination on ethnic grounds” as in the 1970s …

Tripura Chief Minister discusses Bru rehabilitation with the Union Home Minister
2 years, 8 months ago

Tripura Chief Minister discusses Bru rehabilitation with the Union Home Minister

The Hindu  

Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb discussed issues over rehabilitation of the Mizoram Bru refugees with Union Home Minister Amit Shah at latter’s office in New Delhi Monday night. Chief Minister in his social media page earlier informed that he met Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh to request him to establish a Sainik School in Tripura. During the meeting Chief …

A 'Bruing' crisis: 13 injured, many homeless in ethnic clash along Tripura-Mizoram border
3 years, 5 months ago

A 'Bruing' crisis: 13 injured, many homeless in ethnic clash along Tripura-Mizoram border

India Today  

At least 13 tribals were injured and several families rendered homeless in a clash between Bru refugees from Mizoram and Chorei community members in Tripura on Tuesday. Around 1,300 members of the Chorei community from Tripura were forced to take shelter in Assam’s Karimganj district after they were allegedly attacked by Bru refugees from Mizoram who are now living in …

Tribals from Tripura fled to Assam after attacked by refugees from Mizoram
3 years, 5 months ago

Tribals from Tripura fled to Assam after attacked by refugees from Mizoram

Op India  

Even as the border tension between Assam and Mizoram remains delicate, fresh tensions have emerged on the Mizoram – Tripura border. Around 1500 locals from Tripura were forced to take shelter in neighbouring Assam after they were attacked by Bru refugees from Mizoram living in the state. The people from Bru community, also known as Reang, was displaced by the …

Mizoram CM writes to PM Modi, wants asylum for Myanmar refugees
3 years, 9 months ago

Mizoram CM writes to PM Modi, wants asylum for Myanmar refugees

India Today  

Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramthanga has called 'not acceptable' the Centre's order to prevent illegal immigration from Myanmar and ensure speedy deportation of refugees, and urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to provide them asylum on humanitarian grounds, an official said on Saturday. Zoramthanga said since the people of his state share ethnic ties with the refugees of the Chin community of …

Tripura violence over Bru refugee settlement: All you need to know
4 years, 1 month ago

Tripura violence over Bru refugee settlement: All you need to know

Op India  

Violence erupted in Tripura on Saturday during protests against the settlement of Bru Refugees in the Kanchanpur sub-division of the state. Ratan Lal Nath, state Law Minister, said, “The magisterial inquiry will be conducted by North Tripura District Nagesh Kumar B and the probe report will be submitted within one month.” Were Bangladeshis or Bangladeshi refugees involved in the protests? …

Mizoram objects to construction of Temple at Phuldungsei village
4 years, 3 months ago

Mizoram objects to construction of Temple at Phuldungsei village

Op India  

The Mizoram government has registered its objection with the Tripura government to the construction of a Temple at the Phuldungsei village near the Tripura-Mizoram interstate border. Mizoram Home Secretary Lalbiaksangi, in a letter to his counterpart in Tripura, claimed that any work at the “disputed” inter-state border could create law and order problems and sought an “immediate and indefinite” stop …

Brus vs non-tribal Bengalis: It’s a clash among the displaced in Tripura
4 years, 10 months ago

Brus vs non-tribal Bengalis: It’s a clash among the displaced in Tripura

The Hindu  

February 22, 2020 12:15 am | Updated December 04, 2021 10:35 pm IST Anandabazar, a commercial centre in northern Tripura’s Reang tribal domain, means Market of Happiness. The internally displaced people, removed from their roots and with nowhere else to go, are easy to blame for every ill,” said A. Sawibunga, president of the Mizoram Bru Displaced People’s Forum. If …

Who are the Brus, and what are the implications of settling them in Tripura?
4 years, 11 months ago

Who are the Brus, and what are the implications of settling them in Tripura?

The Hindu  

A quadripartite agreement in New Delhi on January 16 allowed some 35,000 Bru tribal people, who were displaced from Mizoram and are living in Tripura as refugees since 1997, to settle permanently in Tripura. The Centre, State governments of Tripura and Mizoram, and representatives of Bru organisations signed the agreement in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah. Delhi-based …

Bru settlement deal may set bad precedent, caution activists
4 years, 11 months ago

Bru settlement deal may set bad precedent, caution activists

The Hindu  

The agreement to settle some 35,000 Bru tribal people in Tripura and not in Mizoram from where they were displaced, could encourage the creation of ethnocentric States in the northeast, rights activists have said. Others agree the “solution” has the potential of creating conflicts between the Brus and indigenous communities of Tripura, but addresses the insecurities of a tribe that …

Bru refugees from Mizoram to be permanently settled Tripura
4 years, 11 months ago

Bru refugees from Mizoram to be permanently settled Tripura

Op India  

On Tuesday, the Home Ministry announced that it has brought to an end a 23-year old wait for over 30000 Bru tribals living in Tripura, after a “historic agreement” had been signed among the union government, the governments of Mizoram and Tripura; and the Mizoram Bru Displaced People’s Forum. Over 30,000 displaced Bru tribals from Mizoram to permanently settle in …

34,000 Bru refugees to be settled in Tripura
4 years, 11 months ago

34,000 Bru refugees to be settled in Tripura

The Hindu  

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday presided over the signing of a quadripartite pact of MHA with the State governments of Tripura, Mizoram and leaders of Bru community to permanently settle around 34,000 internally displaced people in Tripura. The displaced people will be settled in Tripura permanently,” Mr. Shah said in the presence of Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar …

Mizoram govt determined to complete repatriation of Bru refugees, final repatriation process likely to begin in October
5 years, 7 months ago

Mizoram govt determined to complete repatriation of Bru refugees, final repatriation process likely to begin in October

Op India  

The Mizoram government is determined to complete the repatriation of 33,000 Bru refugees who have been lodged in six relief camps at Tripura for the past 22 years. The repatriation process of Bru people, also known as Reang people, touted to be the last repatriation process, is likely to begin in October this year. The Mizoram Bru Displaced People’s Forum, …

Assembly elections: Bru refugees to cast vote in Mizoram’s Mamit district
6 years, 1 month ago

Assembly elections: Bru refugees to cast vote in Mizoram’s Mamit district

Op India  

After all the controversy surrounding the Mizoram Assembly polls, that led to the removal of Chief Election Officer S B Shashank by the Election Commission on November 15 due to his support for the voting rights of Bru refugees, the ECI has finally allowed Bru refugees to cast their votes in Mizoram polls. The polling for the Bru refugees, currently …

Mizoram Assembly Elections 2018: Bru refugees may find it tough to vote
6 years, 2 months ago

Mizoram Assembly Elections 2018: Bru refugees may find it tough to vote

The Hindu  

The Bru refugees stranded in makeshift camps in north Tripura will find it tough to join in the election exercise in Mizoram owing to stiff protests from hardliner Mizo social groups. NGO Coordination Committee, a new forum, spearheaded massive protests mainly in Mizoram capital Aizawl to oppose any special arrangements for the refugees to exercise their franchise in the November …

Mizoram Elections: Amid Congress opposition to their voting rights, Bru refugee camps urge political parties to stay away
6 years, 2 months ago

Mizoram Elections: Amid Congress opposition to their voting rights, Bru refugee camps urge political parties to stay away

Op India  

An Apex body representing the Bru refugees from Mizoram living in Tripura has appealed to the political parties in Mizoram not to come for election campaigning. Vice president of Mizoram Bru Displaced People’s Forum R Laldawngliana said that the community members were not keen on attending election campaign meetings by parties from Mizoram. More than 30,000 people belonging to the …

Mizoram Assembly Elections 2018: BJP asks Tripura unit to woo Chakma, Bru voters in the state
6 years, 2 months ago

Mizoram Assembly Elections 2018: BJP asks Tripura unit to woo Chakma, Bru voters in the state

ABP News  

Mizoram Assembly Elections 2018: The BJP has entrusted its Tripura unit with the responsibility of wooing Chakma and Bru voters in five Assembly constituencies of Mizoram, dominated by people belonging to the two ethnic communities, a senior party leader said. The five Mizoram Assembly constituencies have been identified as West Tuipui, Mamit, Tuichawng, Hachhek and Thorang, vice-president of BJP's Tripura …

Mizoram Elections: BJP asks Tripura unit to woo Chakma, Bru voters
6 years, 2 months ago

Mizoram Elections: BJP asks Tripura unit to woo Chakma, Bru voters

ABP News  

Agartala: The BJP has entrusted its Tripura unit with the responsibility of wooing Chakma and Bru voters in five Assembly constituencies of Mizoram, dominated by people belonging to the two ethnic communities, a senior party leader said. The five Mizoram Assembly constituencies have been identified as West Tuipui, Mamit, Tuichawng, Hachhek and Thorang, vice-president of BJP's Tripura unit, Pratima Bhowmick, …

Mizoram, where displaced Brus seek a better rehabilitation package to return
6 years, 3 months ago

Mizoram, where displaced Brus seek a better rehabilitation package to return

The Hindu  

The displacement of some 40,000 Bru people from Mizoram in 1997 got much less traction than that of the Kashmiri Pandits seven years before. Talks of repatriation began in 2009 but Bru extremists allegedly killed a Mizo teenager, triggering another round of retaliatory attacks and exodus of Brus to Tripura. The package covers 32,876 members of 5,407 Bru families, entailing …

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