Sectarian violence in Myanmar has forced thousands of displaced Rohingya Muslim refugees to leave their homeland and come to Jammu region of the Indian controlled Kashmir.
The refugees mostly fled the Buddhist majority State of Rakhein after authourities failed to stop attacks by extrimist Buddhists. Security forces in Myanmar were at some points accused of involvement in the attacks. The Rohyngya refugees in Indian controlled Kashmir are now living in make-shift tents on government land and fear possible evacuation. India is not a signatory to the United Nations convention on the status of refugees. There is therefore no law that deals with foreign refugees, and the government decides whether or not to grant the Rohingyas refugee status on a case-by-case basis.
