The Routledge Handbook of Refugees in India (Routledge Handbooks)

This handbook marks a key intervention in refugee studies in India―home to diverse groups of refugees, including an entire government in exile. It unravels the various socio-economic, political and cultural dimensions of refugee issues in India. The volume examines the various legal, political and policy frameworks for accommodating refugees or asylum seekers in India, including the Citizenship Amendment Act and the National Registry of Citizens. It evaluates the lack of uniformity in the Indian legal and political framework to deal with its refugee population and analyses the grounds of inclusion or exclusion for different groups. Drawing from the experiences of Jewish, Tibetan, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Sri Lankan, Afghan, and Rohingya refugees in India, it analyses debates around marginalization, citizenship and refugee rights. It also explores the spatial and gendered dimensions of forced migration and the cultural and social lives of displaced communities, including their quest for decent work, education, and health. The volume will be an indispensable reference for scholars, researchers and students of refugee studies, migration and diaspora studies, public policy, social policy and development studies. This handbook marks a key intervention in refugee studies in India—home to diverse groups of refugees, including an entire government in exile. It unravels the various socio-economic, political and cultural dimensions of refugee issues in India. Cover 1 Half Title 2 Title Page 4 Copyright Page 5 Table of Contents 6 List of figures 13 List of tables 14 List of contributors 15 Acknowledgements 20 Part I Introduction 22 Chapter 1 Refugees: Status, conditions, and their future 24 Part II Constitution and refugees 54 Chapter 2 Genealogies of discourse: Updating the National Register of Citizens in Assam 56 Chapter 3 The state of being stateless: Examining and evaluating the grounds of exclusion in Assam’s NRC exercise through class and gender 72 Chapter 4 The citizen determination process in India (including the Citizenship Amendment Bill 2016) and the ensuing refugee crisis 86 Chapter 5 Exclusionary trends in the Indian citizenship regime 96 Part III Refugee law and policy 120 Chapter 6 Exploring refugee lives in India through the lens of legal pluralism 122 Chapter 7 Rohingya refugees in India: Governmental and judicial attitude 137 Chapter 8 India’s refugee law and politics of hospitality since independence 156 Chapter 9 Discourse around the refugee protection paradigm in India 178 Chapter 10 International refugee law and the Indian state: Contested law and refugee’s life between ‘Two-State’ 191 Chapter 11 India’s refugee protection obligations beyond the 1951 Refugee Convention and the 1967 Protocol 204 Chapter 12 The Refugee Convention of 1951: India’s persisting dilemma 213 Chapter 13 Reimagining refugee protection in India vis-à-vis Global Compact on Refugees 223 Part IV Statelessness 232 Chapter 14 Statelessness and the Indian state: National belonging and the right of space 234 Chapter 15 Stateless in India: Institutionalizing Homegrown solutions 251 Chapter 16 Stateless among the refugees 261 Chapter 17 Refugees, asylum seekers, and stateless citizens 274 Part V Refugees 284 Chapter 18 The life of labels: Refugees, displaced persons, and migrants 286 Chapter 19 Between host and home: Cultural lives and activism of refugees 294 Chapter 20 Refugees and sustainable development goals: An insight 310 Chapter 21 Socio-demographic profile of forced migration 316 Chapter 22 Resilience and coping mechanisms of refugee communities 328 Chapter 23 Education and lifelong learning for refugees: Equity and inclusion in policy and practice 339 Chapter 24 Conservation of resources and post-migration stress 352 Part VI Jewish refugees 364 Chapter 25 The history of refugee Jewish migration 366 Part VII Rohingya refugees 376 Chapter 26 Rohingya refugees in India 378 Chapter 27 Living conditions of Rohingya in India 390 Chapter 28 The Rohingya refugees in Hyderabad 404 Chapter 29 The perpetual exceptions to rights: Rohingya in India 418 Chapter 30 Statelessness-citizenship continuum: The Rohingya’s quest for belonging and surviving 427 Chapter 31 Autonomy and dignity of the Rohingya woman 449 Chapter 32 Human security: A solution-based approach to the Rohingya refugee policy 461 Chapter 33 India’s response towards the Rohingya crisis 476 Chapter 34 Rohingya refugees and Myanmar: State, citizenship, and human rights 487 Chapter 35 Rohingya refugees in Jammu: Analysis of socio-economic and demographic conditions 496 Part VIII Sindhi refugees 516 Chapter 36 Cartographies of Sindh: religion, region, language 518 Chapter 37 Resettlement experiences of Sindhi women refugees post-Partition 526 Part IX Pakistani and Bangladeshi Hindu refugees 540 Chapter 38 Locating Pakistani nationals in India: challenges and responses 542 Chapter 39 A Pakistani Hindu demographic survey, western Rajasthan 550 Chapter 40 Livelihood strategies: Pakistani Hindu refugees in Rajasthan 556 Chapter 41 Bengali Hindu refugees in the Andaman Islands 566 Part X Tibetan refugees 572 Chapter 42 The privileged refugees: Questions on Tibetan nationality and citizenship 574 Chapter 43 Education of Tibetan refugees: Sowing future seeds of Tibet 586 Chapter 44 Making of a mediatized Tibetan diaspora in the twenty-first century 605 Chapter 45 Household economy and livelihood strategies among Tibetan refugees 610 Part XI Sri Lankan refugees 622 Chapter 46 Resolve Sri Lankan refugee dilemma 624 Chapter 47 At the margins: Sri Lankan Tamil refugee women in camps in Tamil Nadu 633 Chapter 48 Sri Lankan Tamil refugees: a voiceless, undignified existence 649 Chapter 49 Life of Sri Lankan refugee women in the camps of Tamil Nadu 663 Chapter 50 A synthesis of studies examining Sri Lankan refugee families in India 676 Chapter 51 Life-Livelihood-Dignity model of rehabilitation for Sri Lankan refugees 685 Chapter 52 The contribution of forced colonial migration to the refugee crisis: A focus on Indian Origin Tamil refugees from Sri Lanka 695 Chapter 53 Repatriates and refugees in Tamil Nadu: Learning to live in colonies and camps 702 Chapter 54 Spatial dimensions in narratives of history: Sri Lankan repatriates on Katchal and Little Andaman 716 Part XII Afghan refugees 736 Chapter 55 Gendered refugee experience: The case of Afghan women refugees 738 Chapter 56 Cast away: Understanding experiences of Afghan Hindu, Sikh, and Christian refugees 753 Part XIII Emerging issues 768 Chapter 57 Tibetan community in exile: A model for other refugee groups 770 Chapter 58 Pushbacks at borders 785 Chapter 59 The economic status of Sri Lankan and Tibetan refugees in India 801 Chapter 60 Afghan refugees in the higher education system in Delhi 811 Chapter 61 Agony of survival: Refugees and marginality in India during COVID-19 826 Chapter 62 From frames of victimhood to that of othering: Mapping media representations of refugees 835 Chapter 63 Media representation of Rohingya refugees 846 Chapter 64 Healthcare for refugees in India: A humanitarian approach towards public health for all 863 Chapter 65 The Global Compact on Refugees and the Global Compact for Migration: A grand experiment 868 Index 890 Refugees;,Constitution;,Indian,citizenship;,Refugee,law;,Statelessness;,Jewish,refugees;,Rohingya,refugees;,Sindhi,refugees;,Pakistani,Hindu,refugees;,Bangladeshi,Hindu,refugees;,Tibetan,refugees;,Sri,Lankan,refugees;,Afghan,refugees;,Emerging,issues Refugees,Constitution,Indian citizenship,Refugee law,Statelessness,Jewish refugees,Rohingya refugees,Sindhi refugees,Pakistani Hindu refugees,Bangladeshi Hindu refugees,Tibetan refugees,Sri Lankan refugees,Afghan refugees,Emerging issues This handbook marks a key intervention in refugee studies in India—home to diverse groups of refugees, including an entire government in exile. It unravels the various socio-economic, political, and cultural dimensions of refugee issues in India. The volume examines the various legal, political, and policy frameworks for accommodating refugees or asylum seekers in India, including the Citizenship Amendment Act and the National Registry of Citizens. It evaluates the lack of uniformity in the Indian legal and political framework to deal with its refugee population and analyzes the grounds of inclusion or exclusion for different groups. Drawing from the experiences of Jewish, Tibetan, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Sri Lankan, Afghan, and Rohingya refugees in India, it analyzes debates around marginalization, citizenship, and refugee rights. It also explores the spatial and gendered dimensions of forced migration and the cultural and social lives of displaced communities, including their quest for decent work, education, and health.The volume will be an indispensable reference for scholars, lawyers, researchers, and students of refugee studies, migration and diaspora studies, public policy, social policy and development studies. This handbook marks a key intervention in refugee studies in Indiahome to diverse groups of refugees, including an entire government in exile. It unravels the various socio-economic, political, and cultural dimensions of refugee issues in India. The volume examines the various legal, political, and policy frameworks for accommodating refugees or asylum seekers in India, including the Citizenship Amendment Act and the National Registry of Citizens. It evaluates the lack of uniformity in the Indian legal and political framework to deal with its refugee population and analyzes the grounds of inclusion or exclusion for different groups. Drawing from the experiences of Jewish, Tibetan, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Sri Lankan, Afghan, and Rohingya refugees in India, it analyzes debates around marginalization, citizenship, and refugee rights. It also explores the spatial and gendered dimensions of forced migration and the cultural and social lives of displaced communities, including their quest for decent work, education, and health. The volume will be an indispensable reference for scholars, lawyers, researchers, and students of refugee studies, migration and diaspora studies, public policy, social policy and development studies.