Question : SEPARATE LAW TO PROTECT REFUGEES



(a) Whether the Union Government are planning to enact a separate law to protect refugees;

(b) If so, the details thereof; and

(c) the steps taken by the Government in this regard ?

Answer given by the minister


THE MINISTER OF LAW, JUSTICE AND COMPANY AFFAIRS (SHRI ARUN JAITLEY)


(a), (b) & (c) As informed by the Ministry of Home Affairs, administratively concerned with the subject-matter of the Question, the feasibility, requirement or otherwise etc. of a separate law to deal with refugees is being considered by the Government. Government has started the process of consulting various agencies concerned for this purpose.