Phase IFoundation
Background
Overview
This concept is crucial for understanding India's foreign policy, its role in regional stability, human rights issues, and the interplay between international norms and domestic sovereignty. It highlights the complexities of managing diverse refugee populations without a formal legal framework.
India's refugee and asylum policy is characterized by an ad-hoc, executive-driven approach, as India is not a signatory to the 1951 UN Refugee Convention or its 1967 Protocol. Instead, it relies on a combination of domestic laws, executive instructions, bilateral agreements, and judicial pronouncements to manage refugee influxes and grant asylum, balancing humanitarian concerns with national security and foreign policy objectives.