The Struggle for Identity in Exile: Refugee Protection Challenges in India

Roshni Shanker, Founder and Executive Director of the Migration & Asylum Project (M.A.P), India’s first and only dedicated law centre for forced migration and displacement, presents as part of the Refugees, Citizenship & Statelessness: Asia in Focus Seminar Series. The seminar examines the various challenges that legal practitioners and refugee advocates face in advancing refugee rights in India and highlights some of the innovative legal strategies and tools that have been devised over the years to build a protection framework for refugees in the subcontinent.