Kuki-Chin refugees pushed back

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Kuki-Chin Refugees:

The Kuki-Chins are an ethnic minority group originating from Bangladesh.
They have fled the armed conflict between Bangladesh Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) and the separatist group Kuki-Chin National Army (KNA).

KNA is the armed wing of the Kuki-Chin National Front (KNF), which is a political front formed by the ethnic Kuki-Chin-Mizo community in Bangladesh.
Their aim is to create a separate state for the group and safeguard the rights of the community in the country.

Around 300 refugees came to India in November 2022.
As per the guidelines given by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs, the Kuki-Chin Refugees are housed in the state of Mizoram.
The refugees are treated on the same lines as the shelter given to over 40,000 refugees who have entered Mizoram in February 2021 due to the military coup in Myanmar.
The “checks and balance” adopted for the Myanmar’s refugees have been adopted for the Bangladeshi refugees.
India, not being a signatory to the United Nations Refugee Convention of 1951 and its 1967 Protocol does not recognise refugees.
The undocumented migrants are liable for prosecution under the Foreigners Act.

The Kukis are a Christian community within the Chittagong Hill Tracts along India, Bangladesh, and Myanmar.
They are present in all states except Arunachal Pradesh in Northeast India.
Around fifty tribes of Kuki peoples in India are recognised as scheduled
This is based on their region of origin as well as the dialect spoken by that particular Kuki community.
The Chin people of Myanmar and the Mizo people of Mizoram are closely related to the Kukis.
They are collectively called as the Zo people.

The Chin people are a Southeast Asian ethnic group native to Chin and its neighbouring states of Myanmar.
The Chin belongs to one of the founding groups (Chin, Kachin, Shan and Bamar) of the Union of Burma.
During British rule, the colonial government coined the compound term ‘Chin-Kuki-Mizo’ to group the Kukish language speaking people.
The Indian government currently uses this nomenclature.