The refugee programme, created by Congress in 1980, is a form of legal migration to the US for people displaced by war, natural disaster or persecution — a process that often takes years and involves significant vetting
Normal life has been crippled in northern Tripura's Kanchanpur sub-division, adjoining Panisagar sub-division and Mizoram, for the seventh day on Sunday with simmering tensions.
The Joint Movement Committee called shutdown for an indefinite period to protest the Tripura and Central governments' decision to rehabilitate around 35,000 Reang tribal refugees.
