South Asia State of Minorities Report 2019 Table 1: Major Refugee Groups in India Group Major location(s) Approximate numbers Causes/drivers Tibetans, from Tibet Bylakuppe (Karnataka) and Dharamshala area in Himachal Pradesh 85,000* External military aggression by China Tamils, from Sri Lanka Different places in Tamil Nadu 95,230† State repression in Sri Lanka Chakma and Hajong from the Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh Different places in Arunachal Pradesh 52,000‡ Afghans, from Afghanistan Delhi 15,559§ External military interventions, by the Soviet Union in 1988 and by the USA in 2001; continuing military conflict with the Taliban Rohingya, from Myanmar Jammu, Delhi, Hyderabad, Chennai, Jaipur and Mewat 20,833| State repression in Myanmar Other UNHCRmandate refugees Delhi 1969 (including asylumseekers)¶ Various reasons Chins and Rakhines, from Myanmar Mizoram 4000# State repression in Myanmar; crossborder links in India Nagas, from Myanmar Nagaland Unknown State repression in Myanmar; crossborder links in India Ethnic Nepalis (Lhotshampa), from Bhutan Sikkim, West Bengal (Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri, Karseong districts) 107,923Δ Inter-ethnic conflict and state repression in Bhutan Hindus and Sikhs from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan Across India, mainly in border states and in Delhi No reliable estimates Religious persecution Development-induced displacement and religious persecution * According to a 2018 survey by the Tibetan Central Administration. See: Rahul Tripathi, 'Tibetan Refugees down from 1.5 Lakh to 85,000 in 7 Years,' The Indian Express, September 10, 2018, https://indianexpress. com/article/india/tibetan-refugees-down-from-1-5-lakh-to-85000-in-7-years-5349587/. † Refugees and asylum seekers registered under the UNHCR’s mandate, as of August 2019. See: ‘Figures at 36