The writer teaches at the department of political science, Panjab University, Chandigarh and is the author of ‘Stateless in South Asia: The Chakmas between Bangladesh and India’ (Sage Publications, 2010)
Denying refuge flies in the face of India’s otherwise impeccable track record of being a generous host to refugees. Recent attacks on minorities in Bangladesh constitutes legal ground for grant of asylum even though India is not a signatory to the 1951 UN Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees or its 1967 Protocol
Deepak K Singh writes: While Centre's approach is security-centric, Mizoram government has a magnanimous, people-centred policy towards Chin refugees from Myanmar
