A quadripartite agreement was signed in New Delhi on January 16 between Tripura, Mizoram, the Centre, and Bru NGOs ending the 23-year old refugee crisis. The Bru migrants fled from Mizoram to Tripura in the late 1990s and forced to live there in camps. They will also get Rs 1.5 lakh each to construct houses and have the right to vote in Tripura. The agreement hopes to bring a permanent solution to the Bru crisis after an earlier attempt to return the refugees to Mizoram had failed. “Their lives in camps for 23 years must have been filled with pain,” the Prime Minister said.

Source: Hindustan Times January 26, 2020 13:30 UTC