[Resettlement-Accord For Bru Community] 'Matter Predominantly Socio-Political In Nature; Will Intervene At The Appropriate Stage', Tripura HC [Read Order]
4 years, 3 months ago

[Resettlement-Accord For Bru Community] 'Matter Predominantly Socio-Political In Nature; Will Intervene At The Appropriate Stage', Tripura HC [Read Order]

Live Law  

The Tripura High Court on Monday heard a Public Interest Petition, wherein the Counsel for the petitioner submitted before the Court, the concerns and anxiety of the petitioners regarding the full implementation of the resettlement accord of the displaced Bru community. About The Bru Community The Brus, aka Reangs, are spread across Tripura, Mizoram and southern Assam. Resettlement-Accord Of Bru Community Through this accord, Bru tribals, who are originally from Mizoram, and were living as refugees in Tripura since the year 1997, have been allowed to permanently settle in the State of Tripura. This agreement would allow 30,000-35,000 Bru tribals to permanently settle in the state of Tripura.

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

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 …

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 …

Enforcement Of Bru Community Accord- "Court Must Allow Administration To Evolve Political Resolution": Tripura High Court
3 years, 11 months ago

Enforcement Of Bru Community Accord- "Court Must Allow Administration To Evolve Political Resolution": Tripura High Court

Live Law  

Observing that the stage has not yet arisen for interception of the Court in such process, the Tripura High Court on Tuesday disposed of a plea seeking full proper enforcement of the Resettlement-Accord For Bru Community. Importantly, the Court observed "In such extremely sensitive and complex socio-economic and political questions, the Court must allow the administration to evolve a political …

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, 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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