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Rohingya Refugee crisis
UNHCR:
⇒ It is a UN Refugee Agency and a global organization dedicated to saving lives, protecting the rights and building a better future for refugees, forcibly displaced communities and stateless people.
⇒ Establishment: 1950
⇒ Headquarter: Geneva, Switzerland
⇒ UNHCR is governed by the UNGA and the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
⇒ It is guided by and acts as the guardian of the 1951 Refugee Convention and its 1967 Protocol.
Note: India is not a party to the 1951 Refugee Convention and its 1967 Protocol.
Rohingya refugees:
» Rohingya, an ethnic group, mostly Muslim, hail from the Rakhine province of western Myanmar and speak a Bengali dialect.
» Myanmar has classified them as “resident foreigners” or “associate citizens.
» They were forced to leave Myanmar in large numbers after several waves of violence, which first began in 2012.
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) (UPSC)
