Bru Refugees

Bru Refugees

• The centre and the state governments of Tripura and Mizoram has recently signed an agreement for repatriation of Bru community from Tripura to Mizoram.
• The central government will provide financial assistance for rehabilitation of bru community members in Mizoram.
• The  bru militancy was a reactionary movement against Mizo nationalist groups.
• In 1997, the  murder of a Mizo forest guard at the Dampa Tiger Reserve in Mizoram allegedly by Bru militants led to a violent backlash against the community.
• It forced several thousand people belonging to Bru community to flee to neighboring Tripura.