Q. Consider the following statements::
1.India is not party to the 1951 Refugee Convention and does not have a national refugee protection framework.
2.The regulation of refugees and asylum seekers in India is conducted on an ad-hoc basis.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

[A] 1 only

[B] 2 only

[C] Both 1 and 2

[D] Neither 1 nor 2

Answer: C
Notes:

India is not party to the 1951 Refugee Convention or its 1967 Protocol and does not have a national refugee protection framework.

The regulation of refugees and asylum seekers in India is conducted on an ad-hoc basis through administrative decision-making. Since there is no official legislative or administrative framework for refugee-status determination, the government has taken to determining the status of different groups of refugees in different ways.

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