Around half of the refugees have returned home from Mizoram State of India, where they took shelter after fleeing from the clashes between the Tatmadaw and the Arakan Army (AA) in the Chin State’s Paletwa, according to an official from a local social assistance group in Paletwa.
However, the returning refugees are facing difficulties in making a living after arriving back home.
“Some of them have returned. We don’t know what kind of support they have received for their return. They returned on their own. People have returned from Bway Latwa Village,” an official from the local philanthropic association from Paletwa told Chin World on condition of anonymity.
“Respective departments and our social assistance group have taken the returning groups to their village. There aren’t many [security] concerns now. We go with the security forces when we give aids [to the local residents]. Some are facing difficulties in rehabilitation. They are still afraid to go to their own hillside farms,” he said.
Over 1,000 refugees from Myanmar arrived in Mizoram State. Mizoram State Chief Minister had requested assistance from the central Indian government to assist Myanmar refugee’s return back home.
A minister of Mizoram State has also donated 200,000 rupees to buy food and medicine for Myanmar refugees.
According to the social assistance group from Paletwa, donors can provide aids to the returning refugees now since the river level was dropped down and the authorities still need to clear out the landmines in order to help the local residents to work on the hillside farms.
