A Case Study Of Refugees – A Special Reference To Rohingya Refugees In India

Abstract

A large number of people every year leave their homes due to conflict, persecution, human rights violation, climate change and natural disaster. The United Nations estimates there are about 60 million refugees and internally displaced people in the world. Refugees remain the most marginalised and excluded of all social groups. Refugees lack a voice of their own and many times they remain invisible. By and large, they remain outside the public consciousness or imagination experiencing a high degree of alienation, marginalisation and exclusion from the larger society. Refugees face many challenges beyond their basic humanitarian needs, including being at risk of major human rights abuses. Protecting them involves building peace, developing democracy and enhancing national stability as well as providing food, water and shelter. Parliaments and MPs have a vital role to play providing protection through the adoption and implementation of international agreements such as the 1951 Refugee convention and laws specific to their own countries. It is in this background the present study is an attempt to examine the issue of Rohingya refugees in India. Along with this the work also focuses on India’s response to this Rohingya issue.