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Bru-Reang Refugee agreement
January 17 , 2020
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- 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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