Aizawl: The central committee of Young Mizo Association (CYMA) has resolved to intensify its push for a structured and comprehensive mechanism for sheltering over 42,000 refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) currently residing in different parts of Mizoram.
The CYMA is an influential civil society organisation in Mizoram.
The Association, in its conference held in October last year, had passed resolutions urging the Mizoram government to arrange shelter homes in designated locations, issue comprehensive guidelines for handling and managing people from Myanmar, Bangladesh and Manipur taking shelter in the state.
The Association’s Central Coordination Committee (CCC) on Wednesday reviewed the steps taken by the special committee constituted by CYMA to draft proposals for refugee management.
CYMA general secretary Malsawmliana said, “The meeting decided to make more efforts to ensure that the state government designates appropriate shelter locations for housing the refugees, and frame proper and comprehensive guidelines for handling and governing them.”
As per the Home Department, Mizoram is currently sheltering over 42,000 refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) from Myanmar, Bangladesh, and Manipur.
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Of these, over 33,000 are from Myanmar’s Chin state, about 7,000 ethnic Kuki-Zo people from Manipur and over 2000 Bawm people from Bangladesh’s Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT).
