TNPSC Thervupettagam

Bru-Reang Refugee agreement

January 17 , 2020 1659 days 821 0
  • Government of India, Bru-Reang representatives, Government of Tripura and Mizoram signed an agreement in New Delhi to end the refugee crisis of Bru-Reang community.
  • Under the agreement, around 34,000 Bru Refugees are to settle in Tripura.

Backdrop

  • Due to ethnic tension in 1997, around 5,000 families of 30,000 Bru-Reang tribes were forced out of Mizoram to seek shelter in Tripura.
  • In 2018, the Government of India signed an agreement with the State Governments of Tripura and Mizoram in order to help the families and increase the aid substantially.
  • The Bru Tribes are locally called Reang and hence the name Bru-Reang.
  • They are ethnic tribes living in India, Laos, Vietnam and Thailand.
  • They speak Katuic language.
  • The Bru-Reang are one of the 21 ethnic tribes of Tripura that are included int the Scheduled Tribe list.

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