Topics Covered: International Ethics.
Mizoram group seeks asylum for coup-hit Myanmar villagers:
Context:
Mizoram’s apex students’ body has asked the State government to provide asylum to some villagers in Myanmar affected by the military coup there.
- The State government has said that asylum would be considered if there was a formal request cleared by the Centre.
Who are seeking asylum?
People belonging to Myanmar’s Chin community were seeking to migrate to Mizoram to escape a military crackdown, primarily because of the Chin National Army (CNA), an extremist group seeking self-determination in Chin State across the border.
- The Chin community and the Mizos in India belong to the Zo ethnic group, which share the same ancestry.
Asylum, in international law, the protection granted by a state to a foreign citizen against his own state.
Sources: the Hindu.
