Why is it in the news?
- Another initiative to repatriate the Mizoram Bru refugees stranded in the camps in North Tripura on Thursday failed to receive response from the inmates.
More in the news
- Therepatriation attempt wasthe latest of the MHA involving the State governmentsof Tripura and Mizoram andthe Mizoram Bru DisplacedPeoples Forum (MBDPF),apex body of the evacuees.
- Over 30,000 Bru, also known as Reang, refugeesare now housed in sixcamps in the Kanchanpursubdivision since they fledethnic violence in Mizoramin September 1997.
- The North Tripura administration has stopped supply of ration in the makeshift camps to comply with the instructions of the Ministry of Home Affairs
Source
The Hindu