3. Geographical Info
• Land area: 3,287,590 km²
• India is the 7th largest country by area and the 2nd most
populated country with 1.2 billion people
• Ocean surrounding India: Indian Ocean
Arabian sea – Southwest
Laccadive sea – South
Bay of Bengal – Southeast
• India has nearly every kind of landscape available:
In the North (places like: Kashmir, Jammu, etc.) there are snowy
mountains with large lakes and forests.
In the South: Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa and many more places are home
to some of the India’s best beaches and along the coast lie rainforests.
• The climate varies and India has 4 main seasons:
1.
2.
3.
4.
Winter (December – February)
Summer (March – June)
Monsoon (June – September, only in the South-West)
Post-monsoon (October – November)
4. Where are the refugees from? Why
are there IDPs and Refugees in
India?
• Most of the refugees come from countries such as:
Afghanistan
Pakistan
Sri Lanka
Bangladesh
Nepal
Tibet
Somalia
Myanmar
• There are around 250,000 IDPs (Internally Displaced
Persons) from Kashmir (a state between Pakistan and India)
due to the internal conflict.
• In Gujarat and Orissa states around 16,087 people were
displaced due to Hindu-Muslim violence and 10,000 people
displaced due to Hindu-Christian violence
5. Why have they left their homes?
Why do they go to India?
• They have left their home countries because
of:
War
Religious persecution
Poverty
• Refugees from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Sri
Lanka go to India because it is the closest nonMuslim country.
7. Where are the refugee camps?
• Some examples:
For Sri Lankan refugees and asylum seekers – there are
camps based in Tamil Nadu (Tiruchirappalli,
Coimbatore), Bangalore and Chennai
Refugees from Bangladesh go to camps along the
borders of: West Bengal, Assam, Meghalaya and
Tripura.
Tibetan refugees go to camps set up in smaller cities in
Karnataka and in Bir, Himachal Pradesh.
8.
9. The problems and barriers being
faced by refugees (in India)
• The problems some of the refugees face in the
camps/India:
Poverty
Discrimination
No increase in resources as the increase in refugees
rise
Lack of direct access to camps
Not able to earn money
Cannot return to home countries (if they want to)
Eligible refugees wanting to have Indian citizenship
10. Some of the actions being taken to
overcome the problems
What they intend to do
What will it do?
1. Help refugees apply for longterm visas & work permits
2. Help refugees who wish to
repatriate voluntarily
3. Provide financial assistance to
vulnerable refugees with
specific needs.
4. Provide legal assistance for
refugees who can and want
to apply for citizenship
5. Organize skills-training
sessions
1. Allows refugees to earn a
living in India & not have to
live in the camps
2. To help send the refugees
who wish to go home, and
allow them to.
3. Allows the vulnerable
refugees to have some
money in order to survive
and improve their situation
4. This will allow the refugees to
apply for citizenship if they
cannot do it themselves
5. Allows refugees to develop
skills and be able to use these
skills to earn money
11. Total Funds (USD) provided by the UNHCR and split into categories
7,000,000
6,457,921
6,000,000
5,000,000
4,000,000
3,000,000
2,000,000
1,000,000
443,028
135,524
Gender-based violence
Nutrition
198,584
91,310
0
Education
Resettlement
Total budget available
12. Percentage of asylum seekers who are female and/or under 18
60
52
50
42
Amount of People (%)
40
39
36
30
28
% that are female
23
20
10
0
Myanmar
Afghanistan
Country of Origin
Various
% that are under 18
13. Percentage of refugees who are female and/or under 18
60
50
49
48
46
44
42
43
Amount of People (%)
40
31
31
30
% that are female
% that are under 18
20
10
8
0
Sri Lanka
Afghanistan
Myanmar
Country of Origin
Somalia
Various
