YMA to Keep a Watch on Repatriation of Bru Refugees

Aizawl, Feb 17 : Young Mizo Association (YMA), the apex Mizo body, today said that the organisation would closely watch the repatriation process of Bru refugees from six relief camps in North Tripura district.

Lalchungnunga, president of the central committee of the YMA, said that appropriate action would be taken if Bru refugees who are not bona fide residents of Mizoram were among those repatriated.

"The YMA would watch and wait till the repatriation process is over," Lalchungnunga said, adding that the YMA has the proof that the Brus left the state in 1997 following orders issued by a Bru organisation.

Meanwhile, Sambhu Singh, joint secretary (NE) of the Union Home Ministry, who visited one of the villages in Mamit where the refugees were resettled, expressed satisfaction over the arrangements made by the Mizoram government.

Singh said that additional rice allocation for the resettled Bru refugees would be allotted to the state from March.

He added that the repatriation process would be resumed after the fund sanctioned by the Centre for the repatriation expenses is credited in the Mizoram government account.