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Refugees from Burma hold protest in Delhi
The Asian Age (New Delhi)
April 12, 2001
New Delhi, April 11: A group of Burmese refugees on Wednesday held a
demonstration in front of the office of United Nations High Commissioner
for Refugees to protest against its proposed cut on their monthly
subsistence allowance and other problems faced by the community.
The UNHCR has recently informed the Burmese refugees that it would cut
the monthly allowance of Rs 1400 per month per person to refugees
studying theology after the end of the present academic year.
?This will affect the livelihood of 130 refugees,? the All Burmese
Refugees Committee (India), which held the demonstration, said.
There are about 1,000 Burmese refugees in India under the mandate of the
UNHCR.
The demonstrators also highlighted an incident in Mehrauli last month
during which a group of people beat some refugees. ?One refugees was
wrongly accused of kidnapping an Indian child and has been in Tihar jail
since March 14,? the committee said in a release. (UNI)
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<p><font color="#990000"><font size=+1>The Asian Age (New Delhi)</font></font>
<br><font color="#990000"><font size=+1>April 12, 2001</font></font>
<p><font size=+1><font color="#990000">New Delhi, April 11:</font> A group
of Burmese refugees on Wednesday held a demonstration in front of the office
of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to protest against its
proposed cut on their monthly subsistence allowance and other problems
faced by the community.</font>
<p><font size=+1>The UNHCR has recently informed the Burmese refugees that
it would cut the monthly allowance of Rs 1400 per month per person to refugees
studying theology after the end of the present academic year.</font>
<p><font size=+1>?This will affect the livelihood of 130 refugees,? the
All Burmese Refugees Committee (India), which held the demonstration, said.</font>
<p><font size=+1>There are about 1,000 Burmese refugees in India under
the mandate of the UNHCR.</font>
<p><font size=+1>The demonstrators also highlighted an incident in Mehrauli
last month during which a group of people beat some refugees. ?One refugees
was wrongly accused of kidnapping an Indian child and has been in Tihar
jail since March 14,? the committee said in a release. (UNI)</font>
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