PROFILE OF INTERNAL DISPLACEMENT : INDIA Compilation of the information available in the Global IDP Database of the Norwegian Refugee Council (as of 1 July, 2002) Also available at http://www.idpproject.org Users of this document are welcome to credit the Global IDP Database for the collection of information. The opinions expressed here are those of the sources and are not necessarily shared by the Global IDP Project or NRC Norwegian Refugee Council/Global IDP Project Chemin Moïse Duboule, 59 1209 Geneva - Switzerland Tel: + 41 22 799 07 00 Fax: + 41 22 799 07 01 E-mail :
[email protected] CONTENTS CONTENTS 1 PROFILE SUMMARY 8 CAUSES AND BACKGROUND OF DISPLACEMENT 11 GENERAL 11 FOUR CATEGORIES OF INTERNAL DISPLACEMENT IN INDIA 11 GROWING ETHNIC AND SOCIAL TENSION IN INDIA COULD LEAD TO INCREASED INTERNAL DISPLACEMENT (2000) 12 CONFLICT INDUCED DISPLACEMENT IN KASHMIR 12 SEPARATIST/FUNDAMENTALIST THREATS AND ATTACKS MADE THE KASHMIRI PANDITS FLEE THEIR REGION (1990-2001) 12 DISPLACEMENT IN KASHMIR DUE TO MILITARY TENSIONS AND ARMED CLASHES BETWEEN INDIA AND PAKISTAN (1999-2002) 14 CONFLICT INDUCED DISPLACEMENT IN THE STATE OF GUJARAT 16 A BRIEF BACKGROUND ON COMMUNAL VIOLENCE IN GUJARAT (APRIL 2002) 16 RELIGIOUS VIOLENCE IN GUJARAT IN FEBRUARY-MARCH 2002 DISPLACED THOUSANDS (APRIL 2002) 17 RELIGIOUS VIOLENCE IN GUJARAT STILL CONTINUED IN MAY 2002 18 CONFLICT INDUCED DISPLACEMENT IN THE NORTHEAST 19 BACKGROUND TO THE ETHNIC TENSION IN NORTHEAST INDIA (2000) 19 GENERAL CAUSES OF THE INTERNAL DISPLACEMENT IN NORTHEASTERN INDIA (2000) 20 INTERNAL