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The primary aim of this report is to reduce the hardship faced by the Chin refugees living in Delhi and to receive protection and security from UNHCR and Indian Government.

This report attempts to highlight:

• The sufferings and struggle of the Chin people in Delhi
• The atrocities committed by the landlords and local people on the hapless Chin refugees
• Physical assaults at work place, home, schools, torture
• Gender based sexual violence, assaults, rape, sodomy
• Health care and educational situation
• Lack of awareness of the Delhi Police and insensitivity in dealing with the Chin refugees
• Lack of protection for the Chin refugees by UNHCR and Indian government etc.

The report documents 35 cases studies. All accounts of the various problems face by the Chin refugees could not be fully presented in this report as there are too many; however this report gives an overview of the travails of the Chin refugees in Delhi.
Researchers conducted interviews between Aug 2011 – September 2011 in Delhi by using “Interview Schedule”. Interviews were conducted in the various Chin dialects and also written down in their own dialect. As many interviewees continue to lack protection and may be subject to reprisal, CRC has withheld the names and identifying information of the interviewees. Interviews were conducted on a one-on-one basis. All those interviewed were informed of the purpose of the interview, its voluntary nature, and the ways in which the data would be used and consented to be interviewed.

This study is an output of the Burma Center Prague's microgrant program. Please find more details here.