Tripura begins shifting of Mizoram Bru refugees
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Shifting of Mizoram Bru refugees for permanent settlement at various places in Tripura started on Monday. The first batch of 515 refugees was moved out of camps in north Tripura district and sent to two places for their settlement in Dhalai district.
The process of settlement of some 35,000 Brus is taking place to respect a quadripartite accord signed in New Delhi on January 16 last year. The accord was signed in presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah after a meeting with the representatives of the refugees, the Tripura and the Mizoram governments. The Home Ministry had accepted a proposal by Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb and the State’s royal scion Pradyot Kishore Debbarman to rehabilitate them in the State to end over-two-decade-old impasse.