'Can't go back' - families in violence-hit Indian state fear resettlement deadline

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Midhat Ullah Hasani Chingakham Radha has moved to a temporary shelter but longs to return home

Thousands of people displaced by ethnic clashes in India's north-eastern state of Manipur two years ago now face an uncertain future, as the government plans to shut down all temporary relief camps by December. The violence, which erupted in May 2023 between the majority Meitei and the indigenous Kuki communities, was the worst the region had witnessed in decades. It started after protests by the largely Christian Kuki community against the Meiteis, mostly Hindus, who were

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