Refugee Protection In India: Building A National Refugee Law With Lessons From South Africa

Dr. Neelam Dighe* & Mr. Somesh Akolkar** ABSTRACT India today hosts one of the largest and most heterogeneous refugee populations in the world, yet it remains without a dedicated national statute governing the recognition, treatment, or protection of refugees. India is not a party to the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees or its 1967 Protocol, and refugees on Indian soil continue to be governed by the colonial- era Foreigners Act, 1946, alongside an assortment of statutes...