Afghan refugees

The Delhi Police on Tuesday informed the Delhi High Court that the Afghan refugees, who had been protesting outside the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees at Vasant Vihar for the past 15 days, have ended their agitation.

India is not a party to the 1951 Refugee Convention or its 1967 Protocol and does not have a national framework regarding refugees. But continues to grant asylum to a large number of refugees from neighbouring States and respects UNHCR’s mandate for other nationals, mainly from Afghanistan and Myanmar.