13,October
2014 Zinglei Suimilam 11:30am in India UNHCR nih Chin ralzam a zohkhenhnak kong
ah a chambaunak kong, Chin Refugees Hruaitu pawl nih chimrel peng a si nain,
UNHCR nih hma a lakpi hna lo ruangah an herhmi langhternak an ngeih hi a si.
Hi
langhternak ah kum 30 in a cunglei minung kum khua in tar pawl 150 tluk Bus 3
in an kal.Hi langhternak ah aherhmi
phaisa Chin ralzam chungin Khrihfabu kip, Community kip le pumpak in cio in thawh a si.
Hi
herhmi langhternak kong hi India UNHCR Chief of Mission nih a rak theih cia
caah Police minung tampi langhtertu zat deng a rak ichiah hna.
Zinglei
Suimilam 11:30am in UNHCR zung hmai an phan i zanlei 3:00pm ceo ah nan
hruaitu minung pahnih in rak ra uh a kan ti nain hruaitu minung pahra kan si
kan ti i kan duh lo caah Chief of Mission ra loin a kuttangmi a van thlah i Park
ah kan itong hna lai tiah a kan ti i kan duh lo tiah Chin Refugees hruaitu
pakhat nih a chim.
Chuncaw
einak a ngeilo mi kha tawlreltu pawl nih an eiter hna. Zanriah cu Hakha Community
nih an chumhpiak hna i suimilam 8:30pm ah tluk ah an ei. Riah ai tim mi pawl
kha hmunkhat te ah biachimnak le thlacamnak ngei dingin timhlamhnak kan ngei i
minung pathum bia an chim lio ah Police pawl cu a riakmi nak tam deuh an ra i
kir uh kan in ti hna nan duh lo. Centre in order chuahmi a si caah nan duh zong
duh lo zong ah tiin an kan tlaih chih i Police motors ah a kan khumh.
A
rannak Hakha Community le Burmese Mizo Community nih a rannak in a rannak in
Bus an hlan i an dawi hna a cheu cu an umnak theih khawh lomi zong an um. A
cheu Chin Refugees Church pakhat a simi Chin Christian Fellowship Biakinn ah a
rak chiah hna” tiah hi langhternak ah hruaitu upa pakhat nih a chim. Hi
langhternak ah hruaitu pawl cu zaan it loin mah langhternak kongah tawlrelnak
an ngei.
Hi
langhternak ah an halmi thil pawl cu a tanglei hna hi an si:
1.Refugees
nih kan covo a simi eidin awk UNHCR nih kan
pe uh.
2.Seniority in Resultlement a um
chunmi hi kan au u law, damlo Serious pawl cu tenh chih hna uh.
3.Resulttlement
hi 100%80 parsent in kan pe/kawlpiak u.
4.
Nu pawl himnak ding ttha tein kan tuahpiak/kawlpiak u.
5.
UNHCR /Bossco le Slic, Chin ralzam holh let pawl Miphun dang refugees holhlet
pawl he aa ruang/aa tluk tein thlahlawh kan pekpiak hna uh.
6.
Hepatitis zawtnak le HIV le Cancer zawtnak a ngeimi UNHCR nih biaktak tein kan zohkhenh piak hna
u. (Mah hi UNHCR nih cu hlan ah an tuah duhbak lomi a si).
7.Hngakchia
cacawnnak tha kan pe uh ulaw biatak tein kan tawlrelpiak uh. (Cu hlan UNHCR nih
a rak ttuanmi cu tuition bantukin cataang a um lomi in a rak tawlrel. Cu
ruangah langhter chihnak hi a si.)
8.
Ngandamnak kong ah tlamtling tein kan zohkhenh uh. ( Cu hlan a tawlrelmi cu a
phung men tein a rak tawlrel. Tangka tampi dihmi paoh a tawlrel duh lo caah langhter chihnak a si.)
9.
Kum 50 in a cunglei minung riantuan kho
lomi hi felfai deuh in kan zohkhenh piak hna uh.
10.
Kan ram ah himnak a um rih lo caah himhnak caah a rak ra tharmi UNHCR nih
Reject mi pawl hi UNHCR card kan pekpiak hna uh.
11.
UNHCR le Refugees karlak ah zeibantuk NGO um hmanh kan duhlo. (Refugees nih kan
tinco dingmi NGO sin ah a kal dih caah
Refugees nih kan tinco hnga tluk in kan ting co kho lo. UNHCR nih a mah
riantuan fawizannak caah a sermi a si).
“Hi
a cunglei kan langhtermi chungin
zeimawzat tal an kan tuahpiak lo ahcun kan tuahmi hi kan ngol lai lo. An duh le
thong zong kan thla ko hna seh.Hi kan langhtermi hi Delhi Chin Ralzam Minung
8000 ai awh in kan halmi a si” tiah hi kong tawlreltu pakhat a simi Delhi Chin
Community President Pu Tin Duh Thang nih a chim.
Tuchun
10:30am (October 14,2014) tluk ah
langhternak an ngei than lai. Hi langhternak ahcun nizan bantuk a si ti lai lo.
Minung tampi an ithawh tiah a chim chap.
English Version In An Statement An Langhter Mi Ka Rak Thil Chih
CHIN
REFUGEE COMMITTEE(New Delhi)
D-2, Chanakya Place,
New Delhi-110059
E-mail: crcnewdelhi@gmail.com, www.crcdelhi.com
Mob: : +91-8130735610, +91-9560869092
Statement from Chin
Refugees
Burma is one of the
countries in Asia ruled by military government. It is a neighboring country of
India, situated in South-East Asia. There been repression and persecution to
especially ethnics and Christian by successive Burmese regimes since 1962,
under Ne Win’s dictatorship till date. Since then Burmese people fled in search
of their lives safety to its neighboring countries such as India, Thailand,
Malaysia, and Singapore etc…. According to the United Nations
High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) office in New Delhi, there are 8,306
Burmese refugees in Delhi, of whom 3,924 are women. Persecution due to
ethnicity, religion and political opinion are cited as our main reasons for
seeking asylum in this country.
We, the Chin refugee community from Burma in New Delhi, have
been keenly following the changes taking place in our home country, Burma,
along with the rest of the world and are very concerned about the reality that
the poor Burma is led by a new Government who changed their clothes like a fox
wearing a sheep skin. As you all know there are fighting in several placesin
Burma between Burmese soldier and ethnics rebels even till date. The ethnic
nationalities still suffer from various forms of human rights violations,
including religious discrimination and persecution. Under these circumstances,
we, the Chin Christian refugees, do not feel safe yet for repatriation.
We the Burmese thought
that we are living here in this country as protracted refugees which mean we
find ourselves as in a long-lasting and intractable state of limbo. We the
Burmese refugees’ lives, race, culture and future are at risk due to lack of
our basic rights and economic, health, education, social, and psychological
needs remain unfulfilled after years in exile. To resolve our situations
require at least one of the three durable solutions for us: voluntary return to
our home country in safety and dignity; local integration in our country of
asylum; or third-country resettlement.
We, the Burmese
refugees often face protection problems and human rights challenges: such as,
restriction of movement, sexual and physical violence, and access to legal
employment, legal rights, police protection, racism, discrimination,
identification card (as no Indian employer accept UNHCR certificate), and
systems of justice, room eviction, language problems, extra charges from
landlord and retailers, less payment or no payment in working place and UNHCR
itself. Burmese refugees could not earn
livelihoods and achieve full self-reliance and become dependent on
international assistance to fulfill our basic needs such as food, potable
water, shelter and health care and many more. About 99 percent of Burmese refugee
earn much lesser than Delhi’s statutory minimum wages which is 8554. A working
the Burmese refugee used to earn Rs. 4500 per month in average. It is only
enough for rent, electricity bill and water bill. So we are struggling to even
survive in the city of our refuge as there is only subsistence allowance
available only for 5 percent of all the Burmese refugees according to UNHCR.
Sometimes, we felt like we were played like volley-ball. If a Burmese refugee
approached Don Bosco and said that he did not have money to pay for rent, the
officer will tell him/her to approach SLIC office which is the implement
partner of UNHCR. The SLIC officer will tell him/her to approach Don Bosco and
Don Bosco will tell him/her again to approach Burmese community. There are many
Burmese Refugees who never receive assistance from UNHCR and its implementing
partners except UNHCR Card.
Fleeing to India
and particularly the capital city has provided some solace. Life in New Delhi
has apparently turned into another nightmare for us. Every Burmese refugee
woman revealed that they have continued to live in fear due to the treatment
they have received at the hands of Indian locals. They alleged physical abuse,
molestation, sexual assault and rampant discrimination, be it at our rented
apartments, workplaces, public spaces or even on the street. To add to our woes
is the difficulty finding work and complying with the demands of local
employers. However, due to our acute poverty, we, the Burmese refugees remain
unable to utilize the public health, education and legal services. Some women
and children don’t report sexual assaults for fear of social stigmatization and
shame. Even those cases that are reported to the local police stations or
UNHCR’s implementing partners are not registered, resulted in the victim being
pressured to abandon prosecution in exchange for cash, resulted police did not
take action against the culprit, doctors lied about the injury, ended the
victim could not identified the culprit or the victims was afraid to identify
the culprit after threats from the culprit of retaliatory act, and ended
unregistered because UNHCR’s implementing partners intimidated the victim not
to register the case by saying it will take a very long period of time to get
justice if registered and it will cost lots of time and money.
When we felt sick,
there is Don Bosco to help us to go to Government hospital by giving us
interpreters which is very useful and helpful for us. But many times,
government hospital like Din DayalUpadyayhospital could not find our sickness
after several tests due to lack of facilities and carelessness and the patients
got worse. The patients would go to private hospital and his sickness was found
out. He/she needed treatment but could not afford for the treatment. When the
patient applied for assistance, Don Bosco denied them as it was private
hospital’s treatment. Sometimes, free treatment in government beneficial and
useful for us but sometimes it made us very sad and depressed. Out of our
health problems, hepatitis B+ patients are the most disadvantageous because
there is no assistance for them. There are more than 30 Burmese refugees
infected by this disease. According to UNHCR, hepatitis patients are not given
assistance because the treatment is doubtful and it is costly. These patients
are one of the most vulnerable refugees but the least assistance receivers.
Most of Burmese
refugees’ children could not go to school due to financial problems and there
is no assistance for school fee. Some children study in informal tuition
schools which are run by Burmese refugees and Don Bosco without proper
certificate or education. As a result Burmese refugees children are wandering
on the streets and straying in public parks that no parents would dare think
about the future which will surely resulted in becoming beggars and street
boys. Don Bosco runs computer courses which gives basic knowledge about
computer but not sufficient for finding a job in one of the largest cities in
the world with full of formally educated professionals. Rather than supporting
formal education to refugees in public school, UNHCR supported Don Bosco
computer classes and English classes which are not recognized by any employer
for a job.
There are abundance of
staffs with high salaries in Don Bosco and SLIC with very high level security
to help refugees. Some of them sitting in front of computers the whole day but
doing nothing. Sometimes, it seems to be a placement for jobless
Indians. This year, Don
Bosco sacked three of their staffs reasoning they were complaint by Burmese
refugees which is totally wrong and disrespectful to our community. In fact,
they were the most helpful and supportive for Burmese refugees. We thought that
they were sacked from their job because they liked helping refugees with love
and care. Every year, the amount of assistance especially Subsistence Allowance
was reduced citing less fund but the numbers of NGOs are increasing largely. There
is a small business grant for some Burmese which is an equal amount of Don
Bosco staff monthly salary. It is Rs. 15000-25000. It seemed to be very good
but for some refugees it turned to be their night-mare again. Some refugees
applied and received but some were denied. They started business like a very
small shop. But nearby MCD workers knew them and checked their license. They
did not have license and they were ordered to close. The grant became wasted
and some Burmese refugees felt so much shame even to face Don Bosco staffs. For
most of Burmese refugees, the sustainability of this much money is so much
difficult due to lack of experience, knowledge and their current financial
situation. Most of us are living hand to mouth in this city. The interest of
this much money could never be enough for a family living even for a very good
business man. There must be some income to make this sustainable. So, out of
this grant receiver less than two of three families could make sustainable with
this grant.
We, the protracted
Burmese refugee situations stem from political impasses that prevent us from
returning home voluntarily in safety and dignity, and from integrating into our
countries of asylum. Everyone has a sad story or stories to tell of our
struggles in New Delhi. We want our ill-fated struggling to an end. We want
peace in Myanmar and in India. We need a peaceful life. To put an end to our
struggling and sad stories as protracted refugees in the capital city of India with
a durable solution is resettlement and it is the most suitable to resolve
ourproblems. It would be very hard to understand what we are feeling. Like it
is said, “If you want to know what we feel, wear our shoes and you will feel
what we felt.” We, the Burmese refugees are thankful to all your contribution,
selflessness and help that you give not only to Burmese Refugees but also to
refugees all over the world.
Therefore, we, the
Burmese refugees need your supports and assistances. We come together to demand
our rights in front of the UNHCR office in New Delhi. Our demands are as
follows:
11.
No implementing partners between UNHCR
and Burmese refugees
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2.2. Charity fund of UNHCR not to be wasted
to hire Indian professionals NGOs who are rich but instead spend the fund for
the needy refugees
33.
Use the salaries of implementing
partner’s as Subsistence Allowance for refugees and their other needs
44.Providence for Burmese refugees’
children for formal education in private school
5
5.5.Legal protection and safety for Burmese
refugees’ women and children
66.Special treatment and providence for
above 50 years of age
77.Equal payment between Burmese interpreters
and other nationalities refugees’ interpreters
88.
Special treatment and providence for
HIV, Hepatitis and Cancer patients
9. 80 percent of resettlement must be according to seniority
10.Advocacy for more resettlement
11.Issuance of certificate for new asylum seekers
112.Legal rights for Burmese refugees
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