India shouldn't shy away from refugee policy anymore

Bidisha Banerji & Aditi Chatterjee
Sep 5, 2021 | 21:22 IST

Will ad hoc policy for asylum-seekers finally be regularised under UN pressure?

Over the past weeks, as the Afghanistan crisis deepened and Taliban took over, Afghan nationals already in Delhi started camping outside the UNHCR office in the Indian capital, with various demands including for refugee status. This has created civic disruption in the area, for which the Vasant Vihar Welfare Association has sought legal recourse.

Afghan, Rohingya refugees have this similarity
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