India is a destination for refugees from many countries, including Sri Lankan Tamils and Rohingyas from Myanmar. They are living in India as seeking safety from persecution and conflict. Sri Lankan Tamils live in camps across Tamil Nadu, and they are struggling with basic necessities. Rohingyas who fled from Myanmar have faced detention, deportation threats, and living with limited access to resources. With no national refugee law, refugees living in deteriorating situation. Those who are living in India have no citizenship rights. The refugee crisis is increasing all over the world as a result of persecution, human rights violations, violence, conflict and war.
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00:00I am in India since 2012 as a refugee. I am from Myanmar. I am a Rohingya.
00:08In India, thousands of Rohingya refugees have been living in worse condition and they have
00:14been discriminated against and mistreated. Welcome to Deep Dive with Outlook. Today,
00:19we will talk about the refugee crisis. Thousands of Rohingyas have been forced to flee their homes
00:26since the conflict started in 2017. The Rohingya people of Myanmar are considered to be one of the
00:33world's most persecuted populations and they number around 2.8 million people.
00:40Since the 1970s, Rohingyas have been facing discrimination. In 1982, their citizenship
00:48rights were repealed and they have been facing violent attacks since 1991.
00:55Many Rohingyas fled from Buthidong district in Rakhine state. Many refugees are forced
01:02to live in settlements made of plastic sheets, cardboard and mud in Delhi.
01:09There are no toilets and people have to wait for the water tankers daily.
01:14UNHCR at best can offer the UNHCR card but shelter, food and everyday survival is a
01:22challenge. India is not a signatory of the 1951 Refugee Convention or its 1967 Protocol.
01:30People have to rely on international organizations for everyday survival. Documentation remains the
01:38biggest challenge for refugees, especially Rohingya refugees who are living in India.
01:44The Government of India denies them any legal identity or documentation,
01:50including Aadhaar cards and birth certificates. According to the report by Amnesty International,
01:57in 2024, there is escalated violence in the Rakhine state with increasing deadly attacks
02:04against Rohingya people bearing a terrifying resemblance to the atrocities of August 2017.
02:12Rohingya men, women and children are being killed, towns are emptying out and vestiges
02:19of Rohingya history and identity are being destroyed. UNHCR sets up the resettlement
02:26criteria under eight key categories. Legal and physical protection needs,
02:32survivors of violence and torture, medical needs, women at risk, family reunification,
02:39children and adolescents, elderly refugees and lack of local integration prospects.
02:46Similarly, the ramifications of the civil war in Sri Lanka have impacted thousands of
02:52Indian-origin Tamilians and people born in Sri Lanka had to take refuge in India
02:58during the civil war of the 1980s. In 1948, the Sri Lankan government enacted the
03:05Ceylon Citizenship Act and the Act effectively denied citizenship to a large population of
03:12Indian Tamils who had migrated to the island during the colonial era.
03:17The Ceylon Citizenship Act of 1948 was a landmark law in Sri Lanka that had
03:24profound consequences for the Indian Tamil community.
03:28Currently, an estimated 50,000 of them are living in refugee camps and 34,000 reside in
03:36individual houses across Tamil Nadu. The Tamil Nadu government has adopted
03:42an approach toward the Tamil population from Sri Lanka and granted them Aadhaar cards,
03:47ration cards, PAN cards and driving licenses but these documents do not resolve their
03:54statelessness. The refugees in camps are issued identity cards tied to their camp addresses
04:02but obtaining a passport, the ultimate proof of citizenship, remains a distant dream for them.
04:09According to Advocate Romeo, the rehabilitation of nearly 6 lakh Indian-origin Tamils
04:17from Sri Lanka was an obligation under the 1964 and 1974 agreements between the two countries
04:26but this obligation was never fulfilled. The amendments to the Citizenship Act of
04:321955 have worsened the situation of people. Under the 2003 amendment of the Act,
04:40one parent must be an Indian citizen and other must not be an illegal migrant.
04:47For most Indian-origin Sri Lankan Tamils who are victims of ethnic conflict and civil war,
04:54proving that they are not illegal migrants is a nearly impossible task.
04:59The number of refugees all over the globe is increasing as a result of persecution,
05:06conflict, violence or human rights violations. According to the data by UNHCR, more than 120
05:15million people are forcibly displaced and there are 43.4 million refugees. As India doesn't have
05:24formal law for refugees and it is impacting the lives of refugees who are living in the country.