Refugee Crisis in India through Gender Lens: A Brief Study in Context to Assam

Abstract

India especially Assam continues in receiving refugees notwithstanding its overpopulation where millions of humans are underneath poverty line and are debarred from basic facilities.. While refugees are seen as ‘unwanted’ and regarded as “stateless” in most societies today, the experience of migrants varies, depending on the socio-economic and political conditions of the particular territories where they find refugee. On August 31,2019, 1.9 million people in N.E.India’s state of Assam were identified as refugees from Bangladesh after government officials published the NRC .Although the exact religious demographics of this population are not yet officially available. By taking the case of refugees of India ,and most importantly of Assam, this paper highlights the conditions of refugees especially women refugees and their deteriorated problems and issues faced during their journey of life. Moreover, this paper also mentions about the constitutional and legislative framework for protection of refugees and also provided recommendations to the state for ensurement of rights of refugees.